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Moses Prince of Egypt Exodus
Posted inColumns

To be truly holy, the Torah needs a ‘hand’ from you

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman January 26, 2018January 25, 2018
A Wilderness Torah event (Photo/file)
Posted inTu Bishvat

Tu B’Shevat in the Bay means Tu B’Shevat in the redwoods

by Rob Gloster January 23, 2018March 23, 2018
Drag queen performer Jenayah De Rosario will be featured at a havdalah ceremony at the Lander Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, Mass. (Photo/Courtesy De Rosario; collage/JTA)
Posted inJewish Life

This Jewish day school’s drag queen havdalah ceremony has S.F. roots

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten January 19, 2018January 19, 2018
"The Plague of Locusts" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

A national leader without empathy? The Torah knows all about that

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan January 19, 2018January 19, 2018
Rev. Amos C. Brown of Third Baptist Church delivers his annual MLK weekend sermon at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, Jan. 12, 2018. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inColumns

Swapping pulpits to honor MLK and build a better world

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 17, 2018January 17, 2018
"The Stone Breakers" by Gustave Courbet, 1849
Posted inColumns

It’s hard. But you have to stop working all the time.

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau January 12, 2018January 12, 2018
Posted inColumns

Tradition and transgression at ‘Trefa Banquet 2.0’

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 8, 2018April 5, 2020
Alan Cordova and Maliha Khan at the conclusion of their Muslim-Jewish wedding (Photo/Amelia Soper)
Posted inColumns

The best Jewish-American-Muslim-Pakistani wedding ever

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 7, 2018January 10, 2018
"The Finding of Moses" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1904
Posted inColumns

Moses, superheroes, day school — and accepting that anyone can be a hero

by Rabbi Sara Mason-Barkin January 5, 2018January 4, 2018
Cody Decker of the Israeli baseball team with a life-sized Mensch on a Bench, March 9, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Chung Sung-Jun-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Here’s why we need to stop talking about who’s ‘more Jewish’

Rachel Minkowsky by Rachel Minkowsky January 5, 2018January 5, 2018

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