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Congregants of Nashuva cast bread into the waters of Santa Monica Bay during the Rosh Hashanah tashlich ritual in 2021. (Photo/Forward-Rob Eshman)
Posted inFirst Person

Just in time for Rosh Hashanah, a new reason to feel guilty: your tashlich litter

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward September 23, 2022September 28, 2022
An anti-Nazi protest in America, seen in "The U.S. and The Holocaust."
Posted inLocal Voice

Ken Burns’ Holocaust series reminds us we are an anti-immigrant nation

Miriam Zimmerman by Miriam Zimmerman September 20, 2022September 21, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II meets Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks as she attends a reception at St James's Palace in London to mark the 350th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Jewish community in Britain, Nov. 28, 2006. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Parsons-WPA ROTA-PA)
Posted inOpinion

Queen Elizabeth mattered. Civil religion explains why.

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA September 20, 2022September 21, 2022
The exterior of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in the days after a white supremacist murdered 11 people during Shabbat services in October 2018.
(Still from "Repairing the World")
Posted inFirst Person

A journalist’s prescient take on rise of antisemitism in U.S.

by Mitch Paradise September 19, 2022
Ken Burns speaking at the Library of Congress in 2019 (Photo/Shawn Miller-Library of Congress)
Posted inOpinion

JCRC mayoral forum should be more inclusive; Ken Burns wrong on FDR; etc.

by J. Readers September 15, 2022
a close up of two people's hands clasped together
Posted inOpinion

Roe’s reversal leaves Jewish IVF couples in a legal and emotional crossfire

Elana Frank by Elana Frank and Forward September 12, 2022
Four Stabucks cups, each with a name handwritten on it: Rivka, Ezra, Avi, and Talia
Posted inU.S.

A new study explains why Starbucks can’t spell your Jewish name

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA September 12, 2022September 12, 2022
Call him "Mr. Fun" — Dan Pine blissing out with his grandsons Chris (on lap) and Lucas.
Posted inOpinion

All those adages about being a grandparent? They’re true.

by Dan Pine September 9, 2022September 9, 2022
Altars from 3rd century BCE temple compound in Tel Arad containing burned cannabis residue (Photo/Israel Museum)
Posted inJewish Life

Finding awe in the Days of Awe — with cannabis

Rabbi James Kahn by Rabbi James Kahn September 8, 2022September 14, 2022
Palo Alto-born Joc Pederson batting for the San Francisco Giants in 2022. (Photo/JTA-Jim McIsaac-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

The joys of catching a baseball at the Giants’ Jewish heritage night — thrown by a Jewish player

by Jordan Greene and Forward September 6, 2022September 7, 2022

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