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(From left) the four members of Temple Mishkan Israel in Selma, Alabama: Hanna Berger, Ronnie Leet, Joanie Gibian Looney and Charles Pollack — stand in front of the Torah ark. (Photo/JTA-Amy Milligan)
Posted inU.S.

Selma’s only synagogue has 4 members — but they have a plan for the future

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales July 8, 2019July 8, 2019
a black and white woodcut of them tumbling into a huge ravine
Posted inUncategorized

When defying authority is morally and spiritually obligatory

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein July 5, 2019July 11, 2019
Rabbi Mira Rivera of New York's Romemu congregation in her office (Photo/JTA-Josefin Dolsten)
Posted inU.S., Religion, Jewish Life, News

A Filipino-American dancer turned rabbi wants to change the conversation about Jews of color

Josefin Dolsten by JTA and Josefin Dolsten July 3, 2019July 5, 2019
From “The Grapes of Canaan” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Be cognizant of your fears, but don’t let them overpower you

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg June 27, 2019
A scene from this week's Torah portion, "The Gathering of the Manna" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

When a loved one is stressed — about school, wandering in the desert, etc. — just be present

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan June 20, 2019June 20, 2019
A mosaic in the synagogue of Enschede, Netherlands, shows the hand signal given by priests when they recite the Priestly Blessing, which is described un Naso, this week's Torah portion. (Photo/Wikimedia-Kleuske CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inTorah

Sweat the small stuff — or nothing at all

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg June 13, 2019
Jewlia Eisenberg leads a song at the JeWitch Collective’s “Song of Songs Seder Celebrating Queer Sexuality” in the yurt at Urban Adamah in Berkeley, May 19. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Magic, sex and blessings at an unconventional seder in Berkeley

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 12, 2019June 14, 2019
The imposing facade of a synagogue on Santiago, Chile (Photo/Wikimedia-Ignacio Falcon CC BY 1.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

My dad is 100% Jewish, but I’m scared to enter a synagogue

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler June 7, 2019June 10, 2019
Shoshana, Yossi and Dan Fendel will teach at the East Bay JCC's Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
Posted inReligion

Three generations pulling Shavuot all-nighter in Berkeley

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 6, 2019
"The Numbering of the Israelites," engraving by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, mid-19th century
Posted inTorah

Count us in: Jews must stand up with pride

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon June 6, 2019

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