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“Pharaoh Notes the Importance of the Jewish People” by James Tissot, 1900
Posted inTorah

Build a society on justice and compassion, and it will endure

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg January 27, 2023January 26, 2023
an image of water with globs of olive oil mixed in
Posted inColumns

Horoscopes for Shevat, the month when oil and water mix

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude January 23, 2023
Rabbi Joe Black (Photo/Bart Levy)
Posted inMusic

Musician Rabbi Joe Black brings his sabbatical songs to Bay Area

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert January 20, 2023January 23, 2023
"The Fifth Plague" by Gustav Doré, 1866
Posted inTorah

A pre-Pesach lesson on God’s mighty hand and plague No. 5

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen January 20, 2023January 19, 2023
Katrina Spade, founder and CEO of Recompose, with a box of human compost at Recompose Seattle. (Photo/Mat Hayward-Getty Images-Courtesy Recompose)
Posted inReligion

Is human composting the next big thing in Jewish death practice? 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 19, 2023January 24, 2023
"The Finding of Moses" by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1904.
Posted inTorah

Is there power in keeping your name the same?

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan January 13, 2023January 13, 2023
"Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph" by Rembrandt, 1656
Posted inJewish Life

Sometimes, an inflated capital-T Truth is needed to deflate disharmony

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon January 6, 2023December 30, 2022
Artist Julie Weitz tries on a tallit katan prototype. (Photo/Courtesy Tzitzit Project.)
Posted inJewish Life

Embracing their place on ‘the fringes,’ queer artists reimagine Jewish ritual garments for all bodies

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA January 4, 2023January 4, 2023
"Joseph, Overseer of the Pharaoh's Granaries" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1874
Posted inColumns

The ABC’s of fixing a relationship SNAFU in your life

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 30, 2022
The Levi-Katz family holds a seder, from the Chicago production of "In Every Generation." (Photo/Liz Lauren)
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Passover in January: ‘In Every Generation’ comes to Mountain View stage

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 29, 2022January 3, 2023

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