Mount Sinai’s lessons include a powerful one about Jews of color By Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 25, 2023 The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Shavuot Duet. 14:22-16:17, Numbers 18:26-31 I love studying midrashim about what happened at Mount Sinai. The rabbinic imagination leaps in many wonderful directions to describe this central event in our life as a people. One midrash captured my attention this… Read More
Astrolojew Horoscopes for Sivan: To change your luck, change your place Sivan 5783 May 21-June 19, 2023 The month of Sivan and the season of travel is upon us! Sivan’s tribal ruler, Zevulon, traversed the shores, inlets,… By Lorelai Kude May 23, 2023
Religion Conservative Jews OK unsupervised vegetarian restaurants (JTA) — For years, a subset of Jews who eat only at kosher-certified restaurants have bent the rules by taking advantage of a growing trend: fully vegan… By Jackie Hajdenberg May 22, 2023
Torah Moses required solitude, even though the people resented it The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Bamidbar Numbers 1:1–4:20 At this point in the… By Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 19, 2023
Jewish Life Where to celebrate Shavuot around the Bay Area Although Shavuot began as a grain harvest festival in ancient times, the holiday also has been associated with the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai… By Lea Loeb May 17, 2023
California Conservative rabbinical school to relocate near L.A.'s Pico-Robertson (JTA) — Following the sale of its Bel Air campus last year, American Jewish University announced Monday that its rabbinical school will relocate to a… By Asaf Elia-Shalev May 15, 2023
Torah We Jews cannot look away from the ugly parts of our past The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Behar–Bechukotai Leviticus 25:1–27:34… By Rabbi George Altshuler May 12, 2023
Culture With 1.6M followers, TikToker teaches about her Orthodox life “Hi my name is Miriam,” the video begins. “I’m an Orthodox Jew, and I share what my life is like.” So opens a typical TikTok post from Miriam Ezagui, a… By Elizabeth Karpen, JTA May 11, 2023
First Person An American rabbi in King Charles' court Perhaps the strangest part was sitting through a Sunday service in the 1,000-year-old nave of St. Albans Cathedral (the longest nave in England!) and… By Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet, JTA May 10, 2023