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A man praying at the the century-old Ohel Shelomoh Synagogue in Kobe, Japan, June 26, 2009. (Photo/JTA-Serge Attal-Flash90)
Posted inJewish Life

In Japan, Sukkot requires creativity — and sometimes a bit of smuggling

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz October 10, 2017
JCRC's Ilana Kaufman speaking at "Sukkot on the Green" at University of San Francisco about her experiences as a Jew of color in the professional Jewish world, Oct. 4 2017 (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inColumns

An easy start to Sukkot: ‘Open Doors’ at USF and sunny skies in the Mission

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 6, 2017September 1, 2018
(Photo/Wikimedia-Gilabrand CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inColumns

A sukkah is much more than just a temporary booth

Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi by Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi October 6, 2017October 4, 2017
Decorating the sukkah (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)
Posted inColumns

May we help you find a sukkah?

Eric GoldbrenerLarry Rosen by Eric Goldbrener and Larry Rosen October 4, 2017October 3, 2017
A large group aliyah during the Shabbat morning Torah service at Wilderness Torah's Sukkot on the Farm, Oct. 2016 (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJewish Life

6 outside-the-booth Sukkot events around the Bay

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 2, 2017October 6, 2017
(Photo/Flickr-zeevzeev CC BY 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Sukkot is the perfect intro to Judaism for your boyfriend

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler October 1, 2017September 29, 2017
GatherDC is hosting a Yom Kippur event at the Sauf Haus Bier Hall & Garten in the nation's capital. (Photo/Courtesy Sauf Haus Bier Hall & Garten)
Posted inJewish Life

Why is this Orthodox rabbi holding Yom Kippur in a beer garden?

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten September 29, 2017September 29, 2017
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)
Posted inColumns

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
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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)
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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

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