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An architectural rendering of IKAR's planned synagogue building and affordable housing (the taller structure at right) in West L.A. (Illustration/Bestor Architecture-Courtesy IKAR)
Posted inLocal Voice

My synagogue is building affordable housing — and yours can, too

Brooke Wirtschafter by Brooke Wirtschafter September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, who is celebrating 50 years in the rabbinate this month, speaks at the Interfaith Challenge to Protest Curfew in New York in 2015. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Gottlieb)
Posted inOpinion

After 50 years, pioneering female rabbi is still practicing peace — and protesting

Robin Washington by Robin Washington September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
Groundbreaking on the current home of Congregation B'nai Israel in Sacramento, which was dedicated in 1954. (Photo/File)
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Here’s to the next 175 years of Jewish life in California

Rabbi Mendy Cohen by Rabbi Mendy Cohen September 22, 2023September 26, 2023
David Gajer (left) and Eva Orbuch (second from right) about to depart a supermarket with their Moroccan friends in a van laden with earthquake aid supplies. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inOpinion

We were visiting Morocco when the earthquake hit. Here’s what we saw and how you can help.

by Eva Orbuch and David Gajer September 20, 2023September 21, 2023
Posted inLocal Voice

Autonomous vehicles are bad for humanity — on Shabbat or any other day

by Miriam Menzel September 19, 2023
Agricultural worker Orfil Serrano waters the flowers at the Half Moon Bay Nursery. (Photo/Bryan Patrick-Courtesy ALAS)
Posted inLocal Voice

California’s farmworkers feed us. This Sukkot, let’s return the favor.

Jamie Beckett by Jamie Beckett September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
a stone statue of a woman in mourning
Posted inLocal Voice

What do I say to a mourner at High Holiday services? 

Rabbi Jon Sommer by Rabbi Jon Sommer September 13, 2023
A chuppah awaits a wedding couple. (Photo/JTA-Mendy Hechtman-Flash90)
Posted inOpinion

I’m a Conservative rabbi, and I want to do interfaith weddings

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein September 1, 2023September 3, 2023
A copy of "The Big Book" of Alcoholics Anonymous (Photo/Flickr-KayVee.INC CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
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How the High Holidays reflect my sobriety journey

Jennifer Golbus by Jennifer Golbus August 30, 2023
A visualization of a black hole. (Illustration/Wikimedia user Yukterez)
Posted inOpinion

There’s a big God-shaped hole in Jewish education

Max Antman by Max Antman August 29, 2023

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