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“We’re waiting for you” in Hebrew
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I watched history unfold and joy erupt during my recent visit to Israel

Rabbi Howard Jacoby Ruben by Rabbi Howard Jacoby Ruben October 27, 2025October 29, 2025
Dorothy Saxe celebrated her 99th birthday on Feb. 10, 2025. (Courtesy)
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Why my 99-year-old mother-in-law still doesn’t feel old

by Dr. Jerry Saliman October 24, 2025October 29, 2025
Danny Levin watches his granddaughter’s soccer game at Paul Goode Field in San Francisco in spring 2025. (Rachel Levin)
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Got an extra kidney? My dad needs one.

Rachel Levin (Courtesy) by Rachel Levin October 15, 2025October 16, 2025
People standing with Israeli flags
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‘They’re fed up’: Post-cease-fire, Israel faces an enormous political reckoning

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman October 15, 2025October 15, 2025
Congregants and police after the shooting in Manchester
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What I saw as a British rabbi after the Manchester attack punctured Yom Kippur

by Rabbi Miriam Lorie October 8, 2025October 8, 2025
David A.M. Wilensky wishes everyone a Happy Hanukkah before going up to help light the giant Union Square menorah in San Francisco, Dec. 29, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Tylenol didn’t make me autistic — but autism made me a journalist

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 29, 2025September 30, 2025
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Pleading with God, pleading with Social Security

by Judah Sussman September 17, 2025September 17, 2025
Close-up of a patient's hand with intravenous therapy and pulse oximeter
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Working with terminally ill patients is my ‘monastery’ 

Rabbi Darren Kleinberg by Rabbi Darren Kleinberg September 16, 2025September 17, 2025
Great Synagogue of Stockholm, Sweden.
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Traveling in Europe this summer, I felt unsafe as a Jew — but also empowered

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner September 9, 2025September 9, 2025
memorial wall for Hersh Goldberg-Polin
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Jon Polin: I’m beginning to see our complex world anew

Jon Polin by Jon Polin September 4, 2025September 5, 2025

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