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Kol Nidrei in the 1272 Worms Machzor
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The Torah reminds us that every moment of our lives offers new possibilities

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 29, 2024August 30, 2024
Samson Nderitu Njogu in Los Angeles in April 2024. (Andrew Esensten/J. Staff)
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For Beth Sholom’s new Kenyan rabbinic intern, San Francisco is a long way from home

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 28, 2024August 28, 2024
A High Holiday service at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. (Photo/File)
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For rabbis writing High Holiday sermons during the Israel-Hamas war, procrastination pays off

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis August 28, 2024August 28, 2024
Potash gestures upward to the telephone wires overhead
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San Francisco’s third eruv expands options for Shabbat-observant Jews in Noe Valley, the Mission and the Castro

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 23, 2024August 26, 2024
"God Reassures Moses" by James Tissot (The Jewish Museum)
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Did Moses give the Israelites a mission — or a mission impossible?

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein August 22, 2024August 22, 2024
Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR in Los Angeles speaks at the DNC in Chicago, Aug. 20, 2024. (Screenshot)
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Rabbi Sharon Brous delivers DNC 2nd night invocation: Israelis and Palestinians deserve peace

by Julie Moos August 21, 2024August 21, 2024
Gavriel, a boy from the Jewish community of Timika, Indonesia, holds the Torah during his bar mitzvah, July 2024. (Rabbi David Kunin)
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South Bay rabbi delivers fourth Torah scroll to Indonesia’s Jewish communities

by Sue Fishkoff August 15, 2024August 15, 2024
"Moses Pleading with Israel" by Providence Lithograph Company, ca. 1907
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Baal Shem Tov’s life-changing words: ‘You are where your thoughts are’

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg August 15, 2024August 15, 2024
Several people hug each other, seen from behing
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At a time of loss and grief, this Jewish ritual says you don’t have to go it alone

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen August 12, 2024August 12, 2024
a classical painting of The Temple with smoke rising from it and a chaotic crowd within it
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In first Tisha B’Av after Oct. 7, Jewish writers, musicians, and lay leaders compose new liturgy and traditions to mourn a fresh tragedy

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg August 12, 2024August 12, 2024

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