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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
Phish frontman Trey Anastasio playing solo at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Andrea Z. Nusinov)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Jewish Phish fans swim in their own holy waters

Oren Kroll-Zeldin by Oren Kroll-Zeldin August 24, 2023August 24, 2023
Julia Watts Belser, a professor at Georgetown University, is the author of "Loving Our Own Bones."
Posted inOpinion

A soul-crushing Talmudic tale about disability tells a bigger story

Julia Watts Belser by Julia Watts Belser August 22, 2023August 22, 2023
A Purim party among the trees at Chabad of Grass Valley, which serves Jews throughout Nevada County. (Photo/Courtesy Chabad of Grass Valley)
Posted inLetters

Anatoly Smolkin needs help, not prison; How Nevada City used to treat Jews; etc.

by J. Readers August 18, 2023August 18, 2023
Repair the World Bay Area's "Wednesday Souper Saucers" prepare soup for unhoused people. (Photo/Courtesy Repair the World)
Posted inOpinion

Why I spent the saddest day of the Jewish year chopping vegetables in a soup kitchen

Kate O'Bannon by Kate O’Bannon August 16, 2023August 16, 2023
Donald Trump at the White House during his presidency. (Photo/JTA-Doug Mills-Pool-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

With the latest staggering indictment, Donald Trump may finally face his personal Yom Kippur

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson August 15, 2023August 15, 2023
Courtroom artist Emily N. Goff filled her time during breaks in the trial of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter by illustrating the reporters in the the media room at the Joseph Weis Federal Courthouse, May-August 2023. The author, Ron Kampeas, is second from left in the second row, working at a red laptop. (Photo/JTA-©Emily N Goff)
Posted inFirst Person

Covering the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and its aftermath tested me as a Jewish journalist

by Ron Kampeas August 14, 2023August 14, 2023
Larry Sokoloff with his family's Torah, which now lives at Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto.
Posted inFirst Person

My family’s Torah was written in Poland about a century ago. It has a new home in Palo Alto

Larry Sokoloff by Larry Sokoloff August 11, 2023August 11, 2023
Sen. Dianne Feinstein walks to the Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol Building, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Anna Moneymaker-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

After yet another health scare, why won’t Dianne Feinstein step down with dignity?

Emily Tamkin by Emily Tamkin August 10, 2023August 10, 2023
Cardi B performing in Atlanta in June 2023. (Photo/JTA-Paras Griffin-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Cardi B’s celebratory post did a lot of work with one word and two Jews

Shaina Hammerman by Shaina Hammerman August 8, 2023August 8, 2023

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