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Walter Benjamin's membership card for the Bibliothèque nationale de France (1940). "It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us," he wrote. (Wikimedia CC0)
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Can we find hope in these times? Perhaps. Together.

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer September 28, 2017
Miriam Lowe (left) and Amy Midanik-Blum admire the Netivot Shalom Yizkor book. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJewish Life

This first-of-its-kind memorial book brings an entire synagogue’s departed to life

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 22, 2017September 20, 2017
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

It’s hard to look back in regret with a stiff neck

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan September 22, 2017September 20, 2017
Patricia's actual gorgeous challah that she really baked! (Photo/Patricia Keer Munro)
Posted inJewish Life

A meditation on baking challah, in five acts

Patricia Keer Munro by Patricia Keer Munro September 19, 2017September 20, 2017
Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco is one of many groups offering free or low-cost High Holiday services this year. (Photo/file)
Posted inJewish Life

Free and low-cost Yom Kippur services around the Bay Area

by J. Staff September 18, 2017September 29, 2017
Sarah Chandler leads a twist on the kapparot ritual in which participants hug chickens rather than swinging them over their heads. (Photo/Courtesy Sarah Chandler)
Posted inJewish Life

Hugging a chicken, yizkor for gun victims and other twists on High Holy Days rituals

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 18, 2017
Deuteronomy 30:11-12: "This commandment is not in heaven, that you should say: ‘Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us?’" (Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inColumns

Making a change may seem herculean, but you can do it

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman September 15, 2017September 13, 2017
Dror Yoggev blowing a shofar while Shimon Keinan watches at his Kol Shofar factory in Givat Yoav, Golan Heights, Sept. 6, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Andrew Tobin)
Posted inJewish Life

This Israeli shofar factory owner aims for perfection with each blow

Andrew Tobin by Andrew Tobin September 12, 2017
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867
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As the High Holy Days approach, we all live in ‘Sin City’

by Rabbi Sara Mason-Barkin September 8, 2017September 7, 2017
This week's Torah portion introduces the commandment to leave fallen harvest in the field to be "gleaned" by the poor, as illustrated here in "The Gleaners" by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible.
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What does tikkun olam have to do with divorce?

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider September 1, 2017August 31, 2017

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