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Leeks! (Photo/Pixabay CC0)
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Turkish fritters, leek and plum kugel, poached quince for holiday or any day

Shelly Butcher by Shelly Butcher September 26, 2017September 25, 2017
a melancholy photo of a women looking away holding a flower
Posted inOpinion

Why I won’t forgive my sexual harasser this Yom Kippur

Leora Eisenberg by Leora Eisenberg September 25, 2017
Israeli rescuers searching for survivors in a building flattened by an earthquake in Mexico City, Sept. 21, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Yuri Cortez-AFP-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Mexican Rabbi’s body pulled from earthquake rubble

by JTA September 25, 2017March 19, 2018
Miriam Lowe (left) and Amy Midanik-Blum admire the Netivot Shalom Yizkor book. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJewish Life

This first-of-its-kind memorial book brings an entire synagogue’s departed to life

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 22, 2017September 20, 2017
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
Posted inColumns

It’s hard to look back in regret with a stiff neck

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan September 22, 2017September 20, 2017
image of small rocks being washed by water on a beach
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Make a vow this Yom Kippur: Remove your heart of stone

Rabbi Naomi Levy by Rabbi Naomi Levy September 20, 2017September 20, 2017
Empty businesses stand along Avenida Munoz Rivera as residents prepare for a direct hit from Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sept. 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Alex Wroblewski-Getty Images)
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Rosh Hashanah services canceled in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria hits

by JTA September 20, 2017March 19, 2018
Piles of ruined books from United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston. The congregation lost many of its prayer books and replenished them through donations. (Photo/Courtesy United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston)
Posted inNews

How Harvey-devastated Houston synagogues are handling High Holy Days

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 20, 2017March 19, 2018
signs include "#JewishResistance" and "Mazel Tov Cocktails"
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Looking forward to a new year — who wouldn’t?

by J. Editorial Board September 19, 2017
Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco is one of many groups offering free or low-cost High Holiday services this year. (Photo/file)
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Free and low-cost Yom Kippur services around the Bay Area

by J. Staff September 18, 2017September 29, 2017

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