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A scroll of the Book of Esther. (Photo/RNS-Courtesy Oregon State University-Wikipedia-Creative Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Can rabbis avoid burnout?

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS March 24, 2022March 24, 2022
I-280 traffic in the 1970s. (Photo/Flickr-walkingsf CC BY 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

A trip down memory lane in my Hebrew school carpool

Larry Sokoloff by Larry Sokoloff March 22, 2022
Alena Akselrod: "I was born in Arkhangelsk, Russia. And I am not your enemy."
Posted inUncategorized

Don’t take out your anger on Russian-born American Jews — we’re not the enemy

Alena Akselrod by Alena Akselrod and Forward March 21, 2022
A woman dressed in the uniform of the old Romanian Communist youth group gleefully lampooned the Ceaușescu era during Purim festivities in Bucharest this week. (Photo/Forward - Larry Cohler-Esses
Posted inWorld

Purim in wartime: Bucharest celebration brings haunting past into present

Larry Cohler-Esses by Larry Cohler-Esses and Forward March 17, 2022March 17, 2022
Meyshe Shapiro-Nygren (left) and Tobie Shapiro at the piano at their home in Alameda. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inLocal Voice

Our special-needs adult children are not invisible — but the Jewish community doesn’t see them

Tobie Helene Shapiro by Tobie Helene Shapiro March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
Joseph Anuszewicz (second from left) receives the Cross of Valor for his service in World War II, August 1945.
Posted inFirst Person

In Warsaw, I encountered a relative I never knew existed

Geri Spieler by Geri Spieler March 9, 2022
Bob Stein holds up the banner for recently formed Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in June 1979 during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. (Photo/Joe Altman-California Historical Society)
Posted inFirst Person

An inside look at the history of Sha’ar Zahav, San Francisco’s LGBTQ synagogue

Ron Lezell by Ron Lezell March 8, 2022March 8, 2022
Refugees from Ukraine on the border with Slovakia, Feb. 26, 2022. (Photo/Fotoreserg-Depositphoto)
Posted inFirst Person

The past is not the future for Ukrainian Jews

Joshua Meyers by Joshua Meyers March 2, 2022March 7, 2022
A sign of solidarity was placed in front of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas.(Photo/Forward-Haya Panjwani)
Posted inOpinion

After being taken hostage in Colleyville, here’s how I’m fighting racism

Jeffrey R. Cohen by Jeffrey R. Cohen and JTA February 22, 2022February 22, 2022
Sue Barnett in Rosh Hanikra, northern Israel, on her confirmation trip in 1975.
Posted inFirst Person

A search for myself in our newly digitized archives kicks up the Jewish dust

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett February 17, 2022April 19, 2026

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