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JCRC's Ilana Kaufman speaking at "Sukkot on the Green" at University of San Francisco about her experiences as a Jew of color in the professional Jewish world, Oct. 4 2017 (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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An easy start to Sukkot: ‘Open Doors’ at USF and sunny skies in the Mission

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 6, 2017September 1, 2018
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A sukkah is much more than just a temporary booth

Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi by Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi October 6, 2017October 4, 2017
Decorating the sukkah (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)
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May we help you find a sukkah?

Eric GoldbrenerLarry Rosen by Eric Goldbrener and Larry Rosen October 4, 2017October 3, 2017
The butcher paper covering anti-Semitic graffiti that appeared at Oakland Temple Sinai on Rosh Hashanah quickly filled up with words of hope and love. (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
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Temple Sinai responds ‘beautifully’ to Rosh Hashanah hate graffiti

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 2, 2017October 2, 2017
Low-magnification micrograph of ovarian cancer cells. Ovarian cancer is particularly common among Ashkenazi Jews. (Photo/Wikimedia-Nephron CC BY-SA 3.0)
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When cancer struck, my relationship to Judaism evolved

Marcia Renée Goodman by Marcia Renée Goodman October 2, 2017
A large group aliyah during the Shabbat morning Torah service at Wilderness Torah's Sukkot on the Farm, Oct. 2016 (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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6 outside-the-booth Sukkot events around the Bay

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 2, 2017October 6, 2017
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Sukkot is the perfect intro to Judaism for your boyfriend

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler October 1, 2017September 29, 2017
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I won’t be fasting this year because I have an eating disorder

Alex Braun by Alex Braun September 29, 2017
GatherDC is hosting a Yom Kippur event at the Sauf Haus Bier Hall & Garten in the nation's capital. (Photo/Courtesy Sauf Haus Bier Hall & Garten)
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Why is this Orthodox rabbi holding Yom Kippur in a beer garden?

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten September 29, 2017September 29, 2017
Walter Benjamin's membership card for the Bibliothèque nationale de France (1940). "It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us," he wrote. (Wikimedia CC0)
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Can we find hope in these times? Perhaps. Together.

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer September 28, 2017

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