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"Elijah and the Angel," by George Richmond, ca.  1825 (Image/Tate CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
Posted inColumns

On this Passover, open the door to better days ahead

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman March 23, 2018March 23, 2018
(Photo/file)
Posted inJewish Life

Need a seder in the Bay Area this year? We’ve got you covered.

Daniel Bromfield by Daniel Bromfield March 20, 2018March 28, 2018
"The Circumcision of Isaac," Regensburg Pentateuch, ca. 1300
Posted inColumns

Am I not allowed to know how to convert my child?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler March 20, 2018
Fulbright scholars McCall Wells, left, and Danielle Elliott are organizing an interfaith seder at the Universidad Camilo José Sela in Villafranca del Castillo, Spain. (Photo/Melissa Marazas)
Posted inHolidays

Meet the Americans planning a Spanish university’s first-ever Passover seder

by Margarita Gokun Silver March 19, 2018March 19, 2018
(Photo/pxhere.com CC0)
Posted inColumns

Take this week’s Torah portion with a literal grain of salt

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon March 16, 2018
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
Posted inColumns

4 questions to ask of our leaders before Passover

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 9, 2018March 8, 2018
Cellphones stashed away at last year’s unplugging (Photo/Courtesy Reboot)
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Stop tapping and start talking on National Day of Unplugging

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 8, 2018March 8, 2018
Esther Thorpe, left, identifies as non-binary and had a gender-neutral b'nei mitzvah ceremony with the help of rabbinical student Gabriel Webber.
 (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Miriam Taylor Thorpe)
Posted inJewish Life

Non-binary teen’s gender-neutral b’nai mitzvah was ‘a big responsibility’

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten March 5, 2018March 5, 2018
Imentet and Ra from the tomb of Nefertari, 13th century BCE. When the Israelites left Egypt, they felt lost without the rich visuals of Egyptian religion.
Posted inColumns

Put down your iPhone (read: idol) and teach some Torah to a child

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau March 2, 2018March 2, 2018
Ruth, the heroine of the biblical book that bears her name, was the first convert to Judaism. Painting by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

I haven’t converted yet, but I’m raring to practice Judaism right now

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler February 28, 2018February 28, 2018

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