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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
Richard Cortes, formerly a Messianic pastor, cheers after his conversion mikveh at Congregation Beth Israel in Paradise Valley, Arizona, Aug. 17, 2023. (Caitlin O’Hara)
Posted inU.S.

Meet the new Jews of Show Low, Arizona: How a pastor parted with Jesus and led his congregation to Judaism

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
UC Berkeley students enjoy kosher pizzas at the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center, Sept. 2023. (Photo/Courtesy Chabad)
Posted inNews

Shellfish dump at Cal frat leads to kosher awareness event

by Ellen Braunstein September 26, 2023
The "Brazen Serpent" sculpture by Giovanni Fantoni, which references a biblical event, atop Mount Nevo in modern-day Jordan. (Photo/Jerzy Strzelecki via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inTorah

At times, the words of Torah transport us to a different level

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen September 21, 2023
Mendel Rice, who is likely the first shochet in the history of Solano County, visiting the Maui Kosher Farm in Hawaii, Sept. 2022. (Photo/Courtesy Rice)
Posted inReligion

This animal lover is becoming a ritual slaughterer to fulfill a higher purpose 

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen September 20, 2023September 21, 2023
Bryna Rifkind examines tzitizt at a Sept. 3 session of Or Shalom Jewish Community's tallit-making class. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inReligion

PHOTOS: At Or Shalom in SF, making prayer personal with custom tallits

by J. Staff September 19, 2023September 20, 2023

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