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Moses at the Burning Bush by James Tissot
Posted inTorah

How God’s many names teach us to exemplify godly compassion

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand January 3, 2019
(Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inMixed & Matched

How do I switch shuls without offending my friends?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler December 28, 2018December 27, 2018
“Jacob’s Body Is Taken to Canaan” by James Tissot, 1902
Posted inTorah

Hoping through the tears as a new year dawns

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon December 20, 2018December 20, 2018
The 10 adults who became b’nai mitzvah at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette on Dec. 8, along with Rabbi Alissa Miller (bottom left), Cantor Leigh Korn (top left) and Rabbi Jay LeVine (top right) (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Called to the Torah for the first time — as adults

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 19, 2018December 19, 2018
Detail from “Jacob and Rachel at the Well” by James Tissot, 1899
Posted inTorah

Joseph and Benjamin had two mommies

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan December 13, 2018
photo: silhouettes of trees in front of a vibrant black, blue and purple starry night sky
Posted inAstrolojew

Month of Tevet: From Hanukkah lights to long winter nights

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude December 10, 2018December 11, 2018
Flames surround a house in Malibu, where the Woolsey Fire led to the evacuation of thousands of homes, Nov. 2018. (Photo/JTA-David McNew-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

The uncertain theology of tragedy and disaster

Rabbi Anne Brener by Rabbi Anne Brener December 10, 2018
From "The Punishment of Antiochus" by Gustave Doré
Posted inTorah

What Hanukkah teaches us about the pressure to conform

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau December 6, 2018
Illustration by Owen Jones from "The History of Joseph and His Brethren," 1869
Posted inTorah

Dreaming makes the world a better place

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen November 29, 2018November 29, 2018
a lit menorah
Posted inReligion

Big miracles, yes. But don’t ignore the everyday ones.

by Rabbi Tsipi Gabai November 27, 2018November 27, 2018

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