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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
Yeshivat Maharat students attend a graduation ceremony in New York, June 17, 2019. (JTA/Shulamit Seidler-Feller/Yeshivat Maharat)
Posted inReligion

New grants pay Orthodox synagogues to hire women as spiritual leaders

by JTA and J. Staff November 8, 2019November 8, 2019
Painting: “Noah’s Ark on the Mount Ararat,” oil on panel, Simone de Myle, 1570. Collage: J. Staff
Posted inLocal Voice

The tweets of Twitter vs. the chirps of Torah

Ben Kramarz by Ben Kramarz November 6, 2019
Akrav (AKA Scorpio), ruling sign of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, as drawn in a 1322 German Shavuot prayer book.
Posted inAstrolojew

Month of Cheshvan: Empty of holidays, full of potential

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude November 4, 2019November 5, 2019
“Noah’s Ark on the Mount Ararat” by Simone de Myle, 1570
Posted inTorah

What makes a righteous person?

Rabbi Stacy Friedman by Rabbi Stacy Friedman November 1, 2019October 31, 2019
Andrew Rehfeld delivers his inaugural address as president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2019. /Courtesy of HUC
Posted inU.S.

Reform seminary inaugurates first non-rabbi as president

by JTA October 29, 2019

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