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In this week's Torah portion, Re'eh, Moses directs the Israelites to pronounce blessings on Mount Gerizim. To this day, the Samaritans (an Israelite, but non-Jewish group) make an annual pilgrimage to Mount Gerizim. (Photo/Wikimedia-Edward Kaprov CC BY-SA 3.0)
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In advance of the High Holy Days, ‘a blessing and a curse’

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 17, 2017August 17, 2017
levy hands food to two homeless men
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Prophetic book bolsters the case for ‘housing-first’ solution to homelessness

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan July 28, 2017July 24, 2017
a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inAdvice Mensch, Columns, Education, Kids & Family, Milestones, Religion, Jewish Life

If her Hebrew isn’t up to snuff, can bat mitzvah wait a year?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris July 26, 2017July 24, 2017
Looking up at the dome of Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco. (Photo/From file)
Posted inColumns

Under the dome with Carlebach and Craig, in a great temple of Reform

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 25, 2017July 25, 2017
Seema poses for a big group picture in the sunlight with her whole tour group
Posted inBay Area, Israel, Community, Religion, Jewish Life, News, Travel

Jordan-born church leader takes fellow Walnut Creek Christians to Israel

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn July 24, 2017August 10, 2017
"The City of Refuge" by Charles Foster, 1897
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

When the time comes to reflect, will you hide or walk into the light?

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman July 21, 2017July 17, 2017
Rabbi Paul Steinberg (Photo/Courtesy Kol Shofar)
Posted inReligion, Jewish Life

Author of Jewish 12-step book now a rabbi in Marin

by Rob Gloster July 20, 2017July 21, 2017
Nechama Langer (seen here in the wearable art she made from her ketubah) is the daughter of a San Francisco Chabad dynasty — but she's charting her own Jewish course. (Photo/Miriam Kanani)
Posted inReligion, Jewish Life

This student priestess is pushing the boundaries of Hasidic tradition

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 16, 2017July 16, 2017
Participants at the consecration of the Gan Yarok cemetery in Mill Valley in 2010 (Photo/Amanda Pazornik)
Posted inColumns, Religion, Mixed & Matched, Jewish Life, Seniors

Will my religious desires be met when I die?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler July 14, 2017July 12, 2017
black and white engraving -- a woman kneels before Moses begging
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The lesson in an abhorrent biblical murder

by Rabbi Sara Mason-Barkin July 13, 2017July 10, 2017

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