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Texas Christian University professor Adam McKinney (upper left) organized an online vigil in support of Congregation Beth Israel of Colleyville, Texas, where an attacker took several congregants hostage, Jan. 15, 2022. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

As Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis unfolded, Jews turned to prayers designed for moments of danger

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 16, 2022January 16, 2022
The MANA Chabad Jewish Center's virtual exterior is designed to replicate Chabad World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, bringing its iconic look to the Metaverse.
Posted inTech

Yep, Chabad is everywhere — even in the virtual reality ‘metaverse’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 14, 2022February 2, 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)
Posted inReligion

The Queer Mikveh Project immerses marginalized Jews in a changing ritual

by Rachel Román and JTA January 12, 2022January 13, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Rabbi: What do you think of responsive readings? Congregation: Yawn

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS January 11, 2022January 11, 2022
the canopy of a tall tree, seen from below
Posted inReligion

The Jewish relationship with nature is mucky, but our ethical duty on climate change is on terra firma

George Altshuler by George Altshuler January 10, 2022
“Lamentations Over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt” by Charles Sprague Pearce, 1877
Posted inTorah

Midnight can be the moment that changes the course of history

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf January 7, 2022January 6, 2022
"Moses Speaks to Pharaoh" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

You: No way could I pull that off. God: Oh yes you can!

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg December 31, 2021December 30, 2021
D’li the water bucket, AKA Aquarius, the sign of the Jewish people, in a 1322 German prayerbook.
Posted inColumns

Jewish horoscopes for the New Year: Change is coming!

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude December 30, 2021
The kinara, the main symbol of Kwanzaa, was inspired by the Hanukkah menorah. (Photo/Forward-iStock)
Posted inOpinion

How Kwanzaa’s creator modified a menorah — and helped Black Jews

Robin Washington by Robin Washington and Forward December 27, 2021December 27, 2021
"Israel in Egypt" by Edward Poynter, 1867
Posted inTorah

Why did Pharaoh turn on the Jewish people?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen December 24, 2021December 23, 2021

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