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Rabbi Elliot Kukla
Posted inFirst Person

Disability during a pandemic: Why you should put a spoon on your seder plate this year

Rabbi Elliot Kukla by Rabbi Elliot Kukla April 1, 2020April 1, 2020
Women in India served by programs supported by American Jewish World Service. (COURTESY AJWS)
Posted inLocal Voice

The fight against child marriage in India is my fight, too

by Shoshana Gould March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
Moses (played by Charlton Heston) during the first Passover night in Cecile B. DeMille's 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
Posted inOpinion

Why this year’s seder will be similar to the very first seder

Nily Shiryon by Nily Shiryon March 30, 2020March 30, 2020
A very overwhelmed Maya Mirsky in the Passover aisle at the grocery story.
Posted inUncategorized

Let my people know: this is the first time I’ve had to plan a seder

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 27, 2020September 28, 2023
Rabbi Ari Cartun's family having Shabbat dinner together, March 2020.
Posted inFirst Person

Virtual Judaism is being forced upon us. I’m determined to make the best of it.

Rabbi Ari Cartun by Rabbi Ari Cartun March 26, 2020March 27, 2020
The ark doors at Congregation Agudas Achim in Austin, Texas, mimic an ancient depiction of the Hebrew calendar. (Photo/Rabbi Neil Blumofe)
Posted inColumns

It could be easy to lose sense of time during the coronavirus pandemic. Jewish tradition has an antidote for that.

Rabbi Benjamin Resnick by Rabbi Benjamin Resnick March 25, 2020March 25, 2020
Liz Alpert on Lake Merrit with Anastasia Torres-Gil. (ANASTASIA TORRES-GIL)
Posted inFirst Person

Mentoring is a gift, asking for help a blessing

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil March 23, 2020
A firefighter in Australia hoses down trees to protect nearby homes from bush fires near the town of Nowra in the state of New South Wales on Dec. 31, 2019. (JTA/Saeed Kahn/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

It could be worse; Misuse of Torah; Untying infertility knots; A Polish kook; etc.

by J. Readers March 20, 2020March 20, 2020
In this illustration from a 1349 book by the French chronicler Gilles li Muisis, residents of a town stricken by the plague burn Jews, who were blamed for causing the disease. (WIKIMEDIA)
Posted inHistory

How Jews have fared during pandemics throughout history

by Gabriel Greschler March 19, 2020March 19, 2020
Our newsroom may be empty, but we're still working hard. (SUE FISHKOFF)
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J. is here to serve our community in this unsettling time

by Sue Fishkoff March 18, 2020

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