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Paul Golin, executive director of Society for Humanistic Judaism, with his wife Yurika Mizuno Golin and their son
Posted inJewish Life

East Bay talks will shine a light on Judaism, minus God

Hannah Jannol by Hannah Jannol August 14, 2018August 15, 2018
Posted inYom Kippur

Late S.F. rabbi’s ‘You Are Completely Unprepared’ in paperback

by J. Staff August 14, 2018August 15, 2023
An antique Rosh Hashanah greeting card
Posted inColumns

As Elul begins, the King is in the field and a new light is on its way

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 10, 2018September 12, 2018
“Moses and the Ten Commandments,” engraving by H. Martin, ca. 1850
Posted inColumns

God has many voices. Which one will you listen to?

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen August 9, 2018
A classic Giants Jewish Heritage Night giveaway; the hats reads "Giants," transliterated into Hebrew
Posted inColumns

The ‘giants’ of the Torah and the Giants of S.F.

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider August 2, 2018August 2, 2018
Protesters at a Jewish rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in New York City demonstrate against the government’s border separation policy, June 21, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
Posted inTorah

As we mourn on Tisha B’Av, look to Isaiah’s vision of a healed nation

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 19, 2018July 26, 2018
Richard Siegel was the director emeritus of the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management, headed the National Foundation for Jewish Culture and co-edited the seminal “Jewish Catalog” series of guides to do-it-yourself Judaism.
Posted inReligion

In US Judaism, we’re all ‘Catalogists’ now

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 17, 2018
(Illustration/JTA-Charles Dunst-image via Wikimedia Commons and Twitter)
Posted inTisha B'Av

Why liberal Jews should embrace Tisha B’Av, this year more than ever

by Rabbi Diana Fersko July 17, 2018July 17, 2018
Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert, "Moses Ordering the Slaughter of the Midianites," 1650 (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTorah

What can we glean from the Bible’s disturbing passages?

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen July 13, 2018July 13, 2018
The mazal (zodiac sign) for the Hebrew month of Av is Aryeh the lion, seen here on the famous astrology mosaic at the ancient Beit Alfa synagogue in Israel.
Posted inColumns

Month of Av: Making sense of the highest highs and lowest lows

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude July 11, 2018

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