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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
Once upon a time at Congregation Beth Sholom. (Screenshot/bethsholomsf.org)
Posted inFirst Person

A synagogue choir is not to be applauded … or is it?

Stephen Saxon by Stephen Saxon February 8, 2022February 15, 2022
Bonnie Slavitt in her newly remodeled kosher kitchen. (Photo/Emma Goss)
Posted inJewish Life

These Bay Area women are building the kosher kitchens of their dreams

by Emma Goss February 8, 2022November 2, 2022
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inTorah

Our hands and heads held high, let’s scale those spiritual heights

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan February 4, 2022February 4, 2022
Michael Pappas, executive director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council, addresses the Colleyville hostage crisis in a speech delivered from the bimah at Congregation Emanu-El on Jan. 21, 2022. (Screenshot)
Posted inUncategorized

Interfaith leader: Why I stand with Colleyville’s Jews

by Michael Pappas February 3, 2022February 4, 2022
Miriam Anzovin has captured widespread attention for her irreverent TikTok Talmud commentaries. (Screenshot)
Posted inOpinion

Raunchy, sarcastic TikTok Talmud commentary isn’t profane. It’s Torah.

David Zvi Kalman by David Zvi Kalman and JTA January 31, 2022February 2, 2022

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