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Rabbi Camille Shira Angel has been a presence at USF for years. (Photo/Courtesy Angel)
Posted inBay Area

Lesbian rabbi is Catholic University of San Francisco’s first rabbi-in-residence

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo July 23, 2019July 25, 2019
(Photo/Pixabay-alexramos10)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Memorable moments from my mishmash mixed marriage

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz July 19, 2019July 23, 2019
Laurel Javors (left) and Rafi Daugherty listen as another couple receives a civil union license in Denver in 2013 (Photo/JTA-Marc Piscotty-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

I’m an Orthodox rabbi, and I officiate at LGBTQ weddings

Rabbi Avram Mlotek by Rabbi Avram Mlotek and JTA July 18, 2019October 28, 2020
The late Chabad rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in Brooklyn, May 1987 (Photo/Wikimedia CC BY 3.0)
Posted inOpinion

The Chabad Rebbe died 25 years ago, but his impact lives on across all Jewish denominations

by Sue Fishkoff July 15, 2019July 15, 2019
Rabbi Samantha Kahn from InterfaithFamily Bay Area officiates a wedding (Photo/Courtesy InterfaithFamily)
Posted inOpinion

Intermarried Jews are not a ‘second Holocaust,’ regardless of what any Israeli politician says

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz July 12, 2019July 12, 2019
“Moses Smiteth the Rock in the Desert,” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Brave refugees reflect the Divine. They deserve our greatest care.

Rabbi Stacy Friedman by Rabbi Stacy Friedman July 12, 2019July 11, 2019
Dr. Sara Imershein in the abortion clinic where she works in Falls Church, Va., July 2, 2019 (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inUncategorized

This doctor provides abortions and brit milahs. She says her Jewish values drive both practices.

by JTA and Ron Kampeas July 11, 2019July 11, 2019
(Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inMixed & Matched

The ‘real’ Jews told me I wasn’t Jewish

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler July 11, 2019
SB 652, known as the “mezuzah bill,” would bar California landlords and condo associations from prohibiting “the display of religious items,” such as mezuzahs, of a certain size on doors and doorframes. (Photo/Wikimedia-00dahc)
Posted inBay Area

‘Inscribe them on your doorposts’: California lawmakers pass ‘mezuzah bill’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 10, 2019August 13, 2019
At a gathering earlier this year in New York, attendees brainstormed for a new Jewish holiday: Yom HaTzedek — Day of Justice. (Photo/Courtesy Andrew Mandel)
Posted inJew in the Pew

He’s on a quest to create a new Jewish holiday — Yom HaTzedek, a Day of Justice

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 9, 2019July 9, 2019

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