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Jenni Asher expects to graduate from the Academy for Jewish Religion California next spring. (Photo/Arjun Ramesh)
Posted inReligion

L.A. musician Jenni Asher studying to be first ordained Black woman cantor

Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba (Photo/Courtesy)Andrew Esensten by Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba and Andrew Esensten February 22, 2024June 14, 2024
Left: Nathaniel Solomon at Chabad House Berkeley (Photo/Andrew Esensten). Right: Obi Clark at Temple Beth Abraham. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inReligion

Meet two local Jews whose paths to Judaism went through Rastafari

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Andrew Esensten and Lea Loeb February 16, 2024February 21, 2024
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inJewish Life

This week’s Torah portion wants us to loosen our grip on wealth

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg February 16, 2024February 16, 2024
a wooden sculpture of clasped hands
Posted inSeniors

Forgiveness can act as a miracle cure for your emotional, physical health

by Dr. Jerry Saliman February 13, 2024February 13, 2024
A vintage Israeli stamp with an illustration of Pisces/Dagim, the astrological sign of the month of Adar. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Adar: Double the joy this month — and not a moment too soon

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude February 12, 2024February 12, 2024
From "Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law" by Rembrandt
Posted inTorah

Even for newly liberated Israelites, freedom doesn’t exist in a vacuum

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein February 8, 2024April 1, 2024
"Moses on Mount Sinai" by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1895-1900
Posted inTorah

Silence allows us to truly connect with God, Torah and ourselves

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg February 1, 2024February 1, 2024
Rabbi Art Green, pictured here in 2013, has been accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward at least two people. (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia)
Posted inJewish Life

Rabbi Art Green, prominent scholar of Hasidic Judaism, is barred from Hebrew College following sexual misconduct allegation

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg January 29, 2024
Holocaust Memorial at the California Legion of Honor in San Francisco (Photo/Library of Congress-Carol M. Highsmith)
Posted inJewish Life

Where to observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Bay Area

by J. Staff January 24, 2024January 25, 2024
Congregation Shir Shalom Hebrew school students before Shabbat in November. Parker and Brooklyn Mayer (wearing the hat and in pink) are the daughters of Christian Pastor Jason Mayer. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Steve Finley)
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A Sonoma Hebrew School opens to non-Jews in bid to combat antisemitism

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 22, 2024January 23, 2024

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