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"Joseph Maketh Himself Known to His Brethren" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Joseph wins the game of life, even though it takes him a while to wise up

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan December 21, 2023December 21, 2023
Gidi (aka Capricorn) as drawn in a 1322 German Shavuot prayer book
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Tevet: Elevating anger to righteous indignation

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude December 18, 2023December 18, 2023
a painting of two men seated speaking to each other
Posted inTorah

How Joseph’s brothers moved past groupthink to see the suffering of the other

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon December 14, 2023December 14, 2023
A menorah sits on the mantle of the Second Gentleman’s office, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Photo/JTA-Official White House Photo by Oliver Contreras)
Posted inNews

This Hanukkah, Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff will have 3 menorahs that represent Jewish joy and trauma

by Ron Kampeas December 7, 2023
a child lights a menorah
Posted inNews

‘All about light overcoming darkness’: How U.S. Jews are celebrating Hanukkah with Israel at war

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis December 7, 2023
Rabbi David Ellenson, who served for 12 years as president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, has died at the age of 76. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy HUC)
Posted inObituaries

Rabbi David Ellenson, former president of Reform seminary and widely admired mentor, dies at 76

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 7, 2023
"Joseph Reveals His Dream" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inJewish Life

Choosing ‘senseless love’ over ‘senseless hatred’

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 7, 2023December 7, 2023
Rabbi Nosson Potash of Cole Valley Chabad fills a menorah made out of a Qassam rocket with candles as his 4-year-old son Shimon looks on. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inReligion

S.F. Chabad rabbi’s menorah turns a Qassam rocket into a beacon of peace

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein November 30, 2023December 4, 2023
"Jacob Wrestling with the Angel" Gustave Doré, 1855
Posted inTorah

We can survive struggles with our inner demons, just like Jacob

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein November 30, 2023November 30, 2023
Akiva and Chava Hart and their six children converted to Judaism on Nov. 5, 2023. Then the married couple got married again in a Jewish ceremony. (Photo/Levi Lehman)
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‘House of Lev’: A former hip hop dancer and a makeup artist document their new Orthodox life online

Debra Nussbaum Cohen by Debra Nussbaum Cohen November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

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