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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
Rabbi Sara Shendelman with a lulav and etrog grown at her house (and at the park across the street) (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Getting creative and hyperlocal with your lulav and etrog

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 15, 2019October 16, 2019
(Photo/Flavio-Flickr)
Posted inSukkot

The etrog is Judaism’s best-kept wellness secret

by Rachel Myerson October 11, 2019October 10, 2019
David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel, declaring independence beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism
Posted inTorah

‘Tsur Israel’ is more than a nod to God. It’s a moral exhortation.

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 11, 2019October 10, 2019
(Photo/JTA-Ariel Skelley-Getty Images)
Posted inParenting

A working parent’s Yom Kippur apology

by Shira Zemel and JTA October 7, 2019October 7, 2019
a painting of Jews in eastern European clothing praying
Posted inTorah

Prayer meets psychology: On Yom Kippur, seek a ‘growth mindset’

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg October 4, 2019October 10, 2019

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