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Big Jupiter energy this month! On Dec. 4, 1973, NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent back these images of Jupiter. (NASA)
Posted inAstrolojew

Month of Kislev: A ‘great conjunction’ approaches, but is it good for the Jews?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude December 2, 2019
Leonard Nimoy as Spock in an episode of "Star Trek."
Posted inTorah

To boldly go where courageous Jews have gone before

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg November 29, 2019November 27, 2019
Ellen Spiro (left) and Rabbi Sydney Mintz at their wedding in San Francisco on July 26. (Marc Estoque)
Posted inUnions

Kumquats, Trump, a van and a Vespa: building blocks for everlasting love

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 26, 2019November 26, 2019
Sara Felder juggling and telling stories at LABA's DRUNK event at the East Bay JCC in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Getting drunk on Jewish texts and arts at LABA launch

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 25, 2019November 26, 2019
Detail from "Abraham's Servant Meets Rebecca" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

The deep meaning of the Torah’s first great love story

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon November 21, 2019November 21, 2019
Sodom and Gomorrah in the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493, with Lot's wife (center) already transformed into a pillar of salt.
Posted inTorah

Taking a stand can define you (hopefully not as a pillar of salt)

Maharat Victoria Sutton by Maharat Victoria Sutton November 15, 2019November 14, 2019
“Unite” (1971) by Barbara Jones-Hugu, from the exhibit “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power”
Posted inArt & About

Revisiting 1968 at the de Young; art, booze and sacred words in East Bay

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 14, 2019November 13, 2019
Rabbi Tsipi Gabai is the leader of Congregation Zohar Yisrael, which held its monthly Friday night service in Berkeley, Nov. 8, 2019. (Courtesy Gabai)
Posted inColumns

I was in a strange, new world: Egalitarian Sephardi Shabbat

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 13, 2019November 13, 2019
Rabbis Jason Rodich and Sydney Mintz toast the 20th anniversary of Congregation Emanu-El's "Late Shabbat" with shots of tequila on the bimah, Nov. 9, 2019. (Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area, Religion, Jewish Life, News

Late Shabbat: Tacos, beer and 20 years of young adult ‘tribe’ in S.F.

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 12, 2019November 12, 2019
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann was inaugurated last month as the first non-Christian president of Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. (Courtesy GTU)
Posted inUncategorized

GTU’s new Jewish president on spiritual care in a time of division

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann by Rabbi Daniel Lehmann November 11, 2019November 12, 2019

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