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Chel Mandell (left) leads a TzimTzum Shabbat in Santa Cruz. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inNorthern California

Queer group in Santa Cruz celebrates Judaism ‘in their own light’

by Naomi Friedland June 26, 2023June 27, 2023
a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inLocal Voice

How my community is trying to fix a broken b’mitzvah system

Zvika Krieger by Zvika Krieger June 22, 2023June 23, 2023
Detail from "The Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inTorah

If your emotional home is in a bad place, move it

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg June 22, 2023June 22, 2023
From a photo of Rabbi Sally Priesand by Joan Roth that will soon be on display at the National Portrait Gallery.
Posted inArt

National Portrait Gallery to display portrait of Sally Priesand, first ordained woman rabbi in American history

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg June 22, 2023
A dragon analogous to Sefer Yetzirah's T'li illustrates the Lunar Nodes in "Astronomicum Caesareum" by Petrus Apianus, 1540.
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Tamuz: A major shift in Jewish astrology this month

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude June 19, 2023June 19, 2023
a colorful illustration of two men hefting a large branch with a large bunch of grapes on it
Posted inJewish Life

The Torah’s persuasive warning against confirmation bias

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen June 16, 2023June 16, 2023
Calligraphy by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan reading 'El na refa na la,' a line from this week's Torah portion.
Posted inColumns

This soothing healing prayer puts care and comfort into the world

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan June 9, 2023June 9, 2023
Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock on "Star Trek") repurposed the hand gesture used during the Priestly Blessing as the otherworldly Vulcan salute. (Photo/CBS)
Posted inTorah

The priests are gone, but their special prayer still fills me with awe

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon June 1, 2023June 1, 2023
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder of Jewish Renewal, at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, Connecticut, in 2007. (Photo/JTA-Daniel Sieradski)
Posted inOpinion

Overdue or overdone? Two scholars hope to secure the legacy of ‘Jewish Renewal’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 30, 2023May 30, 2023
The illustration that inspired this column by artist Davi Cheng (Copyright Be'Chol Lashon)
Posted inTorah

Mount Sinai’s lessons include a powerful one about Jews of color

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 25, 2023May 25, 2023

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