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Activists hold signs calling on President Joe Biden to cancel student debt and not resume student loan payments outside the White House, Dec. 15, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Paul Morigi-Getty Images for We, The 45 Million)
Posted inTorah

Wipe out everyone’s debt? Is the Torah serious about that?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen August 26, 2022August 25, 2022
Cantor Malachi Kanfer. (Photo/Forward-Ellen Dubin Photography)
Posted inFirst Person

Sanctifying the stutter: How I embraced my speech disorder as a cantor

by Malachi Kanfer and Forward August 24, 2022August 24, 2022
Leonard Cohen in Nashville in 1968. (Photo/JTA-Tony Vaccaro-Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

What are these Shabbats of Solace? Let Leonard Cohen explain.

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan August 19, 2022August 18, 2022
A portion of Philissa Cramer's conversation with BlenderBot 3, including one of many invitations to its synagogue — yes, its synagogue. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

BlenderBot, Meta’s AI chatbot, really, really wants you to check out its synagogue

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA August 16, 2022
In episode 5 of "The Rehearsal," Nathan Fielder navigates the complexities of an interfaith family — sort of. (Photo/Courtesy HBO)
Posted inTV & Film

Nathan Fielder’s HBO show ‘The Rehearsal’ offers an unusual portrayal of interfaith parenting gone wrong

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 15, 2022
Limmud Bay Area 2015 at Sonoma State University
Posted inReligion

Limmud Bay Area adds Zoom option and track for Jewish singles

by Sue Fishkoff August 15, 2022August 15, 2022
"Moses Pleading with Israel" by Providence Lithograph Company, ca. 1907
Posted inTorah

This week’s Torah portion invites us to renew our vow to keep love alive

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon August 12, 2022August 12, 2022
under a very large sukkah, shere raises her hands up as she leads a circle of people in prayer
Posted inReligion

Wilderness Torah’s signature Sukkot festival returns in October

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 11, 2022
(From left) Elaina Marshalek and Rabbi Frankie Sandmel at home in Rockridge. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inBay Area

At Bay Area’s first ‘Base,’ rabbinic couple invites you in to make connections

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 11, 2022May 26, 2023
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg said she donated to victims of sex trafficking to make amends for benefiting from the Wexner Foundation, whose benefactor had close ties to Jeffrey Epstein. (Photo/Instagram)
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A rabbi who benefited from Wexner’s foundation is donating equivalent sum to victims of sex trafficking

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 10, 2022August 9, 2022

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