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Eleven graduates of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College were ordained as rabbis in a ceremony in Abingdon, Pennsylvania, May 19, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Stephen Silver)
Posted inReligion

At Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ordination, divisions over Israel share stage with 11 new rabbis

by Stephen Silver May 20, 2024May 20, 2024
(Photo/Lukas Medvedevas via pexels.com)
Posted inTorah

This Torah portion teaches that we can’t go it alone — and we don’t need to

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 16, 2024May 16, 2024
A 1690 illustration of the constellation Taurus, this Hebrew month's ruling sign, by Johannes Hevelius.
Posted inAstrolojew

A month of healing — just what we need

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude May 8, 2024May 8, 2024
San Francisco's Marina District was hit hard by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. (Photo/Eve Fraser-Corp via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Like us, ancient Israelites divided time into ‘before’ and ‘after’ trauma

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf May 2, 2024
A visitor places a stone at the Holocaust memorial at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inHolidays

Where to observe Yom HaShoah around the Bay Area in 2024

by J. Staff May 1, 2024May 3, 2024
These pages from the Birds' Head Haggadah (Southern Germany, ca. 1300) show part of the lyrics of Dayeinu. (Photo/Wikimedia user Sodabottle CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inTorah

Dayeinu: The concept of ‘enough’ is especially challenging this year

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Painting of two men and pyramids
Posted inJewish Life

Shabbat HaGadol reminds Jews to do what is right, even when others object

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 18, 2024
Scott Horwitz (left) pictured for his 1979 bar mitzvah and in August 2013 (right) with his daughter Sara Horwitz, son Josh Horwitz and wife Missy Mastel for Sara’s bat mitzvah at Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco. (Photos/Courtesy Horwitz)
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Beth Sholom member finished chanting the entire Torah — with a little nudge from his wife

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 16, 2024April 17, 2024
Nan Fink Gefen and Rabbi Michael Lerner look over an early issue of Tikkun magazine in the 1980s. (Photo/File)
Posted inCulture

Tikkun magazine to close after nearly 40 years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 10, 2024June 16, 2024
The seder plate at the Deadhead Seder at Terrapin Crossroads in 2018. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inReligion

‘Let My People Pho!,’ and other nontraditional seders across the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 10, 2024April 10, 2024

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