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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
Detail from "Adam and Eve Driven From Paradise" by James Tissot, 1900
Posted inTorah

Adam and Eve — and why we control our own morality and destiny

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein October 24, 2019October 24, 2019
Daniel Shorr (far right) and other members of Stanford’s Student Space Initiative escort a rocket he built (Photo/Courtesy Daniel Shorr)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Tashlich in spaaaaaaaacce: Send your sins to the heavens on Stanford rocket

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 21, 2019
(Photo/Flickr-zeevzeev CC BY 2.0)
Posted inTorah

In the sukkah, as in life, we are both vulnerable and safe

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 18, 2019October 24, 2019
Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan is expected to run for mayor in 2022. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland City Council’s Rebecca Kaplan preaches Torah, progressive politics

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 18, 2019October 18, 2019
(From left) Salesforce senior manager of product marketing Eugene Feldman and Rabbis Yosef Langer and Moshe Langer of Chabad of SF in the Salesforce Park sukkah, Oct. 16, 2019 (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inJewish Life

Sukkahforce! Sukkot underway at Salesforce Park in San Francisco

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 16, 2019October 16, 2019

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