Religion
How a new Holocaust 'seder' is preparing for a post-survivor world
Holocaust remembrance day programs in Jewish communities have stuck to a familiar form for decades, featuring Holocaust survivors sharing their stories…
Yom HaShoah
Bay Area programs to honor Holocaust victims, survivors
Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorates the 6 million Jews and other victims who perished in the Holocaust. This year, it will begin on…
Torah
Emerging from Covid is our parting-of-the-Red-Sea moment
The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Pesach Exodus 13:17–15:26 Numbers 28:19-25 During…
Mixed & Matched
At a loss after my rabbi said I’m not allowed to read Torah
Dear Dawn: My dad is my Jewish parent and I was raised Reform. Being a “patrilineal Jew” was never discussed in my shul. My dad did tell me more…
Politics
Doug Emhoff hosts the White House’s first online Passover seder
There was virtual wine spilled and nostalgia for gefilte fish, as well as a serious message to consider the role of women in the Bible. Doug Emhoff, Vice…
Torah
We are imperfect — but commanded to do better
The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Tzav Leviticus 6:1-8:36 As the Latin name…
U.S.
Passover comes to Brandeis for the first time in history
To prepare for Passover, Sam Greene is deep-cleaning his dorm room in keeping with the standards of his Orthodox Jewish family. Lena Ben-Gideon is…
World
Brexit Passover food shortage unites Irish and Northern Irish Jews
Since 2016, it has become a staple of British and Irish political analysis to say that the tangled Brexit trade arrangements will push Northern Ireland…
Religion
JTS names first woman as dean of its rabbinical school
Rabbi Jan Uhrbach has been named interim dean of the Rabbinical School at The Jewish Theological Seminary, the first woman in the dean’s role in the…