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Torah is increasingly accessible online. (Illustration by Grace Yagel)
Posted inOpinion

The Torah was a gift — and ‘fair use’ is the very point of its revelation

Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld (Courtesy) by Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld May 28, 2025May 28, 2025
An illustration of the First Temple from a 1922 Bible manual for teachers
Posted inTorah

The Torah seems to understand the psychology of exuberant donors

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen May 22, 2025May 22, 2025
A yeshiva school bus drives through Brooklyn on Sept. 12, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

School vouchers would expand nationwide under proposal cheered by Orthodox groups

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
Zaki El-Kodsi carries a new Torah in a celebratory procession at Congregation B’nai Israel in Daly City, America's only Karaite synagogue, Oct. 22, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inTorah

This week’s Torah portion fueled a 1,000-year argument

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein May 15, 2025May 15, 2025
The author's 101-year-old family siddur. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

My grandpa’s 101-year-old time-traveling siddur

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 8, 2025May 9, 2025
A couple shares a tender moment whispering at an elegant bar setting, capturing intimacy and romance.
Posted inTorah

In a time of coarse speech, using your words for good is an act of resistance

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 8, 2025May 8, 2025
And older bald man in glasses sits speaking into a microphone
Posted inU.S.

‘I love Jesus Christ,’ Ben & Jerry’s co-founder tells Tucker Carlson

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 7, 2025May 7, 2025
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, shown here speaking at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College graduation in 2024, said she is stepping down as head of the Reconstuctionist movement in order to to make way for "the next generation of leaders." (Courtesy Reconstructing Judaism)
Posted inReligion

Reconstructionist leader steps down after leading through interfaith, Israel tensions

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 5, 2025May 5, 2025
"Miriam Shut Out From the Camp" by James Tissot
Posted inTorah

Why Judaism replaced ritual purity with endless questions

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 1, 2025May 1, 2025
Jewish graves at Eternal Home Cemetery in Colma on April 15, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

After a friend’s assisted death, I wonder: Is there a ‘right’ way to die?

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 30, 2025April 30, 2025

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