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Watercolor of an etrog by Amanda Almira Newton, 1916, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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It’s splendorous. It’s packed with meaning. It’s the etrog.

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 14, 2022October 13, 2022
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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A good answer to a cheeky question: If God is perfect, how can God create?

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 7, 2022October 7, 2022
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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‘Be strong and have courage!’ Torah’s rallying cry still echoes 

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 30, 2022September 29, 2022
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6 short books to read this Yom Kippur

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi September 27, 2022November 7, 2022
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Rosh Hashanah horoscopes: It’s a ‘gimel’ year — start off on the right foot

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude September 23, 2022
Or Shalom's new building in Bernal Heights.  (Photo/Open Homes Photography)
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After 30 years, San Francisco’s Or Shalom finally has a home of its own

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 23, 2022September 27, 2022
Rebekah Erev, co-founder of the Queer Mikveh Project, blows the shofar at the first QMP mikvah event at the Albany Bulb in Albany, California, in 2015. (Photo/JTA-Chani Bockwinkel)
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Repentance: Don’t make it a big deal. Just look inward and say what’s right

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg September 23, 2022September 22, 2022
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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How to turn Torah’s troubling curses into relevant, modern-day advice

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein September 16, 2022September 15, 2022
Camp Tawonga's 2018 annual Rosh Hashanah service in the park
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UPDATED: Free and low-cost High Holiday services around the Bay

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 15, 2022October 3, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Jan. 23, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
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We have faced Amaleks like Putin forever, but with morality we can prevail

George Altshuler by George Altshuler September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

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