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A few pieces of the Jewish magic on display, including palmistry charts and an amulet for the protection of a child. (Courtesy of YIVO/Mira Fox)
Posted inReligion

Jewish witchcraft isn’t as weird as it sounds

Mira Fox by Mira Fox June 3, 2026June 3, 2026
The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 21, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons)
Posted inU.S.

A rabbinical school turf war brews in Ohio over Hebrew Union College’s assets

by Andrew Lapin May 29, 2026May 29, 2026
The hand gesture made during the Priestly Benediction on an old headstone. (evilgurl via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inTorah

What the Priestly Blessing teaches us about reinventing rituals for modern times

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 28, 2026May 28, 2026
The Diwan-i-Khas, or Hall of Private Audience, in Fatehpur Sikri. (Daniel Mennerish via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inTorah

A city without water is like a Jew without Torah

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg May 20, 2026May 20, 2026
President Donald Trump prays at the first cabinet meeting of his second term at the White House in February, 2025. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Trump’s ‘Shabbat 250’ proclamation divides America’s Jews ahead of National Mall prayer rally

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg May 15, 2026May 15, 2026
The Twelve Tribes of Israel camped around the Tabernacle from a 1683 etching by Jan Luyken.
Posted inTorah

Tribal flags and summer camp color wars: How God turned us into one people

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf May 14, 2026May 15, 2026
A pair embrace during an all-night event celebrating Shavuot at Renewal congregation Chochmat HaLev in Berkeley, June 1-2, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCalendar

Bay Area Shavuot events: All-night study, cheesecake and sunrise services

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight May 8, 2026May 11, 2026
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)
Posted inMusic

The Kitchen’s ‘Song of Songs’ weekend welcomes Sephardic musicians and scholars 

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 1, 2026May 4, 2026

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