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“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
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 inReligion

We’re in a shmita year. So why aren’t American Jews talking more about student debt relief?

by Rabbi Emily Cohen and JTA December 20, 2021
Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter, of the South Philadelphia Shtiebel, lights a menorah during a public Hanukkah celebration and menorah lighting ceremony in South Philadelphia on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo/Ryan Collerd)
Posted inReligion

More Orthodox women are being ordained, but change is uneven

Yonat ShimronIlan Ben Zion by Yonat Shimron, Ilan Ben Zion and RNS December 17, 2021
"Jacob's Last Moments" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

If I blend my plea to God, does that make it a mixed blessing?

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan December 17, 2021December 16, 2021
Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz. (Photo/Wikimedia-Dvortygirl CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

With mikvahs closed, complete your conversion in wild waters

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
UC Hastings Jewish faculty and students commissioned San Francisco artist Abrasha to make a mezuzah for the second family. 
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UC Hastings to Kamala Harris: Where’s the mezuzah we sent you? 

by John Ferrannini December 15, 2021April 9, 2022

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