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Bay Area Jewish funeral home Sinai Memorial is co-hosting the May 12 event, which will explore how psychedelic-assisted therapy can help people facing serious illness, death and grief. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inIdeas

Jews examine psychedelic use in end-of-life care and grieving process

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 7, 2026May 15, 2026
The Liberty Bell (National Parks Service)
Posted inTorah

We yearn for permanence, but we are visitors on God’s Earth

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 7, 2026May 7, 2026
Asher Shasho Levy, The Kitchen's cantor, is a performer and exponent of Sephardic and Mizrahi music. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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The Kitchen’s ‘Song of Songs’ weekend welcomes Sephardic musicians and scholars 

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 1, 2026May 4, 2026
An Omer calendar from 1904 by Baruch Zvi Ring. (Wikimedia)
Posted inTorah

From Passover to Shavuot: What the Omer offering teaches us about growth

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 30, 2026April 30, 2026
(From left) An ancient Israelite priest, high priest and a Levite (Charles Foster, 1873)
Posted inTorah

A holy life demands more than following the law — it means doing what’s right

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein April 23, 2026April 23, 2026
"Miriam Shut Out From the Camp" by James Tissot
Posted inTorah

We are all outliers, seeking a way back to our communities

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein April 16, 2026April 16, 2026
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inTorah

Energy we spend on ourselves may be better used for others

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 9, 2026April 9, 2026
Karolyn Feeks Maws, who is Christian, her Jewish husband, Tony Maws, and their 8-year-old son Charlie Maws, decorate their Christmas tree with a homemade Star of David. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

National support group for interfaith Jewish families guts staff amid funding crisis

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg April 8, 2026April 8, 2026
Participants dance through the “Red Sea” during the Deadhead seder in San Rafael on April 4. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPhotography

Annual Deadhead seder is definitely different from all others

Aaron Levy-Wolins by Aaron Levy-Wolins April 7, 2026April 14, 2026
A 300-pound plaster sphinx head from Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 film "The Then Commandments," which was buried along with the rest of the set under the sand at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes for almost a century. (Courtesy Dunes Center)
Posted inPassover

10 things to do with your kids during Passover in Northern California

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 7, 2026April 7, 2026

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