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a man holds up a young boy, who is reaching for the decorations hanging inside a sukkah
Posted inKids & Family

Family-friendly Sukkot events around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 19, 2023
A view inside the Synagogue Neustadt's opening ceremony, Sept. 3, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Heike Neubauer-Antoci)
Posted inWorld

New synagogue in Dresden plans to operate outside of Germany’s Jewish mainstream

by Toby Axelrod September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
The expansive interior of the Chicago Loop Synagogue is conducive to social distancing, says synagogue president Lee Zoldan. (Photo/JTA-Paul Harding-FAIA)
Posted inU.S.

As Covid surges ahead of High Holidays, few synagogues are taking additional precautions

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis September 14, 2023
The Binding of Isaac is shown at left in a section of the mosaic floor of the Beit Alfa synagogue in Israel.
Posted inColumns

Why Reform Jews only hear once about binding of Isaac

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan September 14, 2023
A 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Libra, the sign of the month of Tishrei. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Horoscopes for the New Year: How can you grow in 5784?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
Rabbi Alan Lew, right, tells story of how he and Norman Fischer (left) got accidentally drunk one time, as Fischer tries to make him shut up, Nov. 1995. (Photo/Phil Head)
Posted inReligion

How a book by San Francisco’s ‘Zen Rabbi’ became a High Holidays classic

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 10, 2023September 11, 2023
"Moses Pleading with Israel" by Providence Lithograph Company, ca. 1907
Posted inTorah

Moses keeps trying to save us from ourselves

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 7, 2023September 7, 2023
Wilderness Torah's 2022 Rosh Hashanah seder at Green Valley Farms. (Photo/Julia Maryanska for Wilderness Torah)
Posted inUncategorized

Earth-based groups embrace the Sephardic Rosh Hashanah seder this year

by Dan Pine September 5, 2023September 6, 2023
A young girl blows a shofar outside
Posted inKids & Family

How to create sweet memories with your kids this Rosh Hashanah

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 5, 2023September 5, 2023
The scene inside Milk + Honey’s shipping container as Kabbalat Shabbat services at Burning Man began Friday night. (Photo/Forward-Danielle Kushner)
Posted inNews

With Burning Man caked in mud, this camp saved Shabbat

Louis Keene by Louis Keene September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

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