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From "Elijah's Ascension" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inLocal Voice

Who is Elijah anyway? And will he be at your seder this year?

Daniel C. Matt by Daniel C. Matt March 21, 2023
Jewish scholars and rabbis in the Teshuva Writing Collective, a project of Svara, are creating the first collection of responsa by and for transgender Jews. (Photo/JTA-Jess Benjamin)
Posted inReligion

Queer yeshiva to publish first-ever collection of Jewish legal opinions written by and for trans Jews

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA March 20, 2023
an older woman happily holds out her arms to greet an old friend in a large synagogue sanctuary
Posted inNews

After three years of Covid, synagogues have ‘new normal’ 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 20, 2023March 20, 2023
“Moses and Joshua Bowing Before the Ark” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

A building is just a building. The magic is what happens inside it.

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 17, 2023March 16, 2023
Matzah ball soup from Pomella in Oakland (Photo/Courtesy Pomella)
Posted inJewish Life

UPDATED: All the Passover food you need at local restaurants and markets

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 16, 2023March 30, 2023
2020 Market Hall seder plate with horseradish, shank bone and eggs. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inJewish Life

UPDATED: Community Passover seders around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 13, 2023March 30, 2023
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inTorah

Step aside, Golden Calf. This week’s Torah portion is a lesson in cooperation.

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen March 10, 2023March 10, 2023
Rabbi Amanda Russell reads from Congregation Beth Sholom's newly commissioned Megillah. (Photo/Courtesy Beth Sholom)
Posted inUncategorized

Why my synagogue commissioned a groundbreaking new Megillah

Rabbi Amanda Russell by Rabbi Amanda Russell March 6, 2023March 6, 2023
Purim groggers, masks and hamantaschen (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inUncategorized

Check out these Purim events for 2023

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 2, 2023March 6, 2023
smiling people at a party
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Adar: The consoling power of holy laughter

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude February 21, 2023

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