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A new ner tamid, or eternal flame, was constructed from the damaged stained glass that survived an act of arson in 2021 at Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas. (Photos/JTA-Courtesy Beth Israel and Lori Adelman)
Posted inU.S.

High Holiday services are set to return this year — with a new eternal flame — to a Texas synagogue damaged in a 2021 arson

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg September 7, 2023
A man stands smiling, holding a guitar and wearing a talit
Posted inNews

Moving from Modesto, new rabbi in Petaluma wants to put shul on the ‘cool’ map

by Eric Schucht September 6, 2023September 7, 2023
Removing one of the swords, still in its scabbard, from the crevice where they were hidden. (Photo/Haaretz-Emil Aladjem-Israel Antiquities Authority)
Posted inNews

Four Roman swords in almost perfect condition found in cave near Dead Sea

Nir Hasson by Nir Hasson September 6, 2023September 6, 2023
Wilderness Torah's 2022 Rosh Hashanah seder at Green Valley Farms. (Photo/Julia Maryanska for Wilderness Torah)
Posted inUncategorized

Earth-based groups embrace the Sephardic Rosh Hashanah seder this year

by Dan Pine September 5, 2023September 6, 2023
The scene inside Milk + Honey’s shipping container as Kabbalat Shabbat services at Burning Man began Friday night. (Photo/Forward-Danielle Kushner)
Posted inNews

With Burning Man caked in mud, this camp saved Shabbat

Louis Keene by Louis Keene September 5, 2023September 5, 2023
Jack Lew speaks on stage during the Queens Community House's 2018 Strengthening Neighborhoods Inspiring Change Gala at Museum of Moving Image in New York, Oct. 23, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Monica Schipper-Getty Images for Queens Community House)
Posted inPolitics

Everything you need to know about Jack Lew, Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel

by Ron Kampeas September 5, 2023September 5, 2023
Michelle (left) and Jeff Leopold remember their son Trevor in their home in Greenbrae, Aug 27, 2023. The Leopolds' son Trevor died four years ago at the age of 18 when he took an oxycodone pill he didn’t know was laced with fentanyl. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

The fentanyl crisis is taking the lives of young Jews

by Dan Pine September 1, 2023July 12, 2024
Two Israeli women arrive in Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 15, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

More than 20,000 Israelis sought Portuguese nationality last year

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov September 1, 2023September 3, 2023
Members of UC Berkeley's chapter of the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi outside their house on Piedmont Ave. in Berkeley. (Photo/Instagram @cal.aepi)
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UC Berkeley’s Jewish frat wasn’t the only fraternity targeted in shellfish dump

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss August 31, 2023September 1, 2023
Two teen boys standing on a slightly elevated holding megaphones, amid a crowd of protesters
Posted inAnalysis

‘We don’t have another country.’ Meet two teenage protest leaders who question Israel’s future

Mira Fox by Mira Fox August 31, 2023August 31, 2023

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