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Hadar's flagship program is its beit midrash in New York City. (Photo/Courtesy Hadar Institute)
Posted inCalifornia

Hadar to open California outpost, bringing its brand of Jewish learning to the West Coast

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 4, 2023May 7, 2023
Author and Rabbi Harold Kushner is pictured with his best-selling book, "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," in 2001. (Photo/JTA-Ron Bull-Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer, Ben Harris and JTA May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
"The Scapegoat" by William Holman Hunt, 1854. The biblical scapegoat is first mentioned in this week's Torah portion.
Posted inTorah

Don’t expect Judaism to rationalize your bad behavior

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 28, 2023April 27, 2023
the covers of all three Jewish Catalogs
Posted inOpinion

‘The Jewish Catalog’ reimagined for a ‘disrupted’ world

by Rabbi Michael Strassfeld April 24, 2023
a photo of a tiny globe
Posted inTorah

For Earth Day, hang on to these two little pieces of paper

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan April 21, 2023April 21, 2023
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Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Iyar: Signs of personal growth approaching

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude April 20, 2023
"The Two Priests Are Destroyed" by James Tissot, ca. 1900, shows Nadav and Avihu being struck down in this week's Torah portion, Shemini.
Posted inTorah

Important lessons on whether to go for it, or to look before we leap

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon April 14, 2023
Evan Gershkovich, a Moscow correspondent at the Wall Street Journal, has been arrested in Russia and charged with espionage. His colleague Shayndi Raice is calling on Jews to place an empty seat at their seder table as a gesture of support. (Photo/JTA-Dimitar Dilkoff-AFP via Getty Images; #FreeEvan image via Twitter)
Posted inNews

A new symbol at some Passover seders: an empty seat for Evan Gershkovich, Jewish journalist jailed in Russia

by David I. Klein and JTA April 7, 2023
"Pharaoh's Army Engulfed by the Red Sea" by Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1900
Posted inTorah

Post-seder postscript: Why not hate the Egyptians?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 7, 2023
Shalita Corndog and Mina J’Moi lead drag bingo on Purim at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Mychal Copeland)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why my synagogue hosted a drag story hour for Purim

9mugmychalcopeland by Rabbi Mychal Copeland April 4, 2023April 5, 2023

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