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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
Rabbi Levi Potash putting the finishing touches on a Torah scroll.
Posted inBay Area

Redwood City rabbi’s new role as ritual scribe fits him to a ‘tav’

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen April 3, 2023April 5, 2023
"West Covina" from "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"
Posted inThe Bagel Report

The Crazy-Ex Girlfriend Audio Haggadah

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels April 3, 2023
"Moses Pleading with Israel" by Providence Lithograph Company, ca. 1907
Posted inTorah

In Moses’ self-doubt, a great lesson in humility

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein March 31, 2023March 31, 2023
Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi provided the illustrations in “For Our Freedom.” (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Project Kesher)
Posted inReligion

The first Passover haggadah in Ukrainian marks a community’s break with Russia

by David I. Klein and JTA March 30, 2023March 30, 2023
a two-page spread from the Asufa haggadah: on the left, an illustration of the characters of the Exodus as if they are on a Star Wars movie poster; on the right, the text of the "Vehi She'amda" portion of the seder
Posted inReligion

AI rushes in, but the best of 2023’s new haggadahs are human-made

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 28, 2023October 23, 2025

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