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Candles at a vigil for victims of the Hamas attacks at Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos, Oct. 8. (Photo/Emma Steinberg)
Posted inLocal Voice

In war with Hamas, what is the moral use of Jewish power?

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn October 30, 2023November 3, 2023
"Abraham's Counsel to Sarai" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

This Torah portion’s focus on redemption of captives feels all too real

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 26, 2023
Zaki El-Kodsi carries the new Torah in a procession at Congregation B’nai Israel in Daly City, Oct. 22, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inReligion

With unique new Torah scroll, Karaite Jews hope to inspire next generation

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 25, 2023October 28, 2023
'Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat’ (1570) by Flemish painter Simon de Myle
Posted inTorah

Prayer can be a shaft of light during the darkest times

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 19, 2023
A Neilah service in 2017. Neilah was part of the ancient liturgy for communal fast days called in times of distress. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Anna Carson-DeWitt)
Posted inU.S.

Taking up ancient ritual for times of distress, Jews are fasting in response to attack on Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg October 12, 2023October 12, 2023
Clergy and congregants sing "Hatikvah," Israel's national anthem, while holding Torah scrolls during a muted Simchat Torah service at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago, Oct. 7, 2023. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

Across the U.S., Simchat Torah festivities are muted by anxiety about Israel at war

by JTA October 8, 2023
From an engraving of throwing cakes to children on Simchat Torah by Johann Leusden in "Philologus Hebræo-Mixtus," Utrecht, 1657
Posted inTorah

Two more holidays, and then we start our annual cycle anew

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf October 5, 2023
a man holds up a young boy, who is reaching for the decorations hanging inside a sukkah
Posted inJewish Life

Where to celebrate Sukkot around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
Decorating the sukkah (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)
Posted inUncategorized

Don’t cram Judaism into one day a year — come back for Sukkot

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, who is celebrating 50 years in the rabbinate this month, speaks at the Interfaith Challenge to Protest Curfew in New York in 2015. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Gottlieb)
Posted inOpinion

After 50 years, pioneering female rabbi is still practicing peace — and protesting

Robin Washington by Robin Washington September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

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