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Tsvi Reiter, Yvonne Reiter and Hei Le participate in Yvonne’s bat mitzvah ceremony, which was performed over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo/The Conversation-Lindsey Wasson-Getty Images News via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The first bat mitzvah was 100 years ago, and has been opening doors for Jewish women ever since

Lisa Fishbayn Joffelogo of The Conversation by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and The Conversation March 15, 2022March 15, 2022
All Americans do Easter, right? .... Right? (Photo/piqsels.com)
Posted inJewish Life

Christmas and Easter are American holidays — aren’t they?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler March 15, 2022
On Purim, what is festive to some can be a nightmare for others. (Photo/JTA-Robert Essel-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Staying sober on Purim: Jews with alcohol use disorder can be triggered during the drinking holiday

by Rachel Román and JTA March 14, 2022
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Why the Torah’s itty-bitty aleph has such huge meaning

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 11, 2022March 10, 2022
A Jewish calendar, showing Adar II between 1927 and 1948. (Photo/Wikicommons)
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Adar II: Celestial chiropractic adjustments

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude March 3, 2022March 7, 2022
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Photo/Dario Acosta)
Posted inMusic

Oaklander explores the ‘revolution’ of cantorial music

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert March 2, 2022March 5, 2024
The Golden Calf, as seen in the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
Posted inUncategorized

Does your story of yourself help or hinder you?

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg February 18, 2022February 17, 2022
Rabbi Camille Angel at the University of San Francisco's Lone Mountain Campus. (Photo/Lea Loeb)
Posted inBay Area

Meet the rabbi ‘queering’ religion at Jesuit Catholic USF

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 11, 2022February 12, 2022
Illustration of the High Priest offering a sacrifice from Henry Davenport Northrop's "Treasures of the Bible," 1894
Posted inTorah

Why the Torah cares so much about these two little sheep

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen February 11, 2022February 10, 2022
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

The kids are all grown up … and now I want Christmas!

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler February 10, 2022

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