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Posted inColumns

Do I report a member of my Orthodox community for breaking Shabbat?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris November 15, 2017
"Abraham's Counsel to Sarai" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inJewish Life

How’s life treating you? Look to Sarah for the answer

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman November 9, 2017November 8, 2017
Posted inReligion

Tales of near-death experiences come to area Chabads

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 6, 2017
Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac, as depicted in a Welsh missal, ca. 1310 (Photo/National Library of Wales)
Posted inJewish Life

In ‘sacrifice’ of Isaac, learning to see oneself in both father and son

by Rabbi Sara Mason-Barkin November 2, 2017November 2, 2017
"Abraham's Journey from Ur to Canaan" by József Molnár, 1850
Posted inColumns

Are you a sage, or a guide? The difference is subtle

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider October 27, 2017October 26, 2017
Train. You guys remember that band? No? "Drops of Jupiter." Yeah, those guys.
Posted inColumns

Waiting for a sign that pain and sorrow will be no more

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand October 20, 2017October 18, 2017
The remains of willow branches, thrashed on the ground at the conclusion of Hoshana Rabba at Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco, Oct. 12, 2017. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inColumns

Sukkot ends: The rites and meals are over, but the gates never close

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 16, 2017October 16, 2017
The first day of creation, according to the Nuremberg Chronicle
Posted inColumns

Being true to your divine origin is lofty but doable

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 12, 2017
Rabbi Lauren Henderson (left) and another student look at source sheets at a Jewish learning session at Base Hillel Chicago, November 2016. (Photo/Couretsy Hillel International)
Posted inSimchat Torah

Behold the ‘source sheet’ — the essential technology of modern Torah study

by Andrew Silow-Carroll October 11, 2017January 12, 2018
Muriel's balcony sukkah in S.F., with paper lanterns that recall her family tradition of celebrating the Chinese Harvest Moon Festival, which coincides with Sukkot. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inColumns

My mid-Sukkot slump — Kohelet is a real downer

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 10, 2017May 9, 2018

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