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a lit menorah
Posted inTorah

Why the ‘light’ Hanukkah story especially resonates in the darkness of today

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 3, 2021December 2, 2021
Smile aside, Emma Goss was disappointed by the "Hanukkah Lights" night at Filoli House and Gardens in Woodside.
Posted inOpinion

I went to this glitzy event expecting Hanukkah lights, but I got bubkes  

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 2, 2021December 3, 2021
Supporters and opponents of abortion rights demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington. (Photo/RNS-Jack Jenkins)
Posted inNews

As Supreme Court debates abortion, dueling theologies protest outside

by Jack Jenkins and RNS December 2, 2021
Public menorah lighting in Tiburon, Nov. 28. (Photo/Instagram @ecachette)
Posted inNews

Nextdoor gripes aside, Tiburon now has its own town menorah

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 30, 2021
Chabad of Petaluma's menorah-laden drone takes flight.
Posted inHanukkah

PHOTOS: A flying drone menorah and other Bay Area Hanukkah events

by J. Staff November 29, 2021December 6, 2021
Scribe Kevin Hale restores Torahs with the Memorial Scrolls Trust. (Photo/Commandment 613)
Posted inNews

This 271-year-old Torah survived the Holocaust. Now it’s headed for a new home in Petaluma.

by Eliyahu Kamisher November 29, 2021
“Joseph Sold Into Egypt” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Can we ever truly ‘settle’ down? For Jacob, the challenges never end.

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein November 26, 2021November 22, 2021
In 1789, Cantor Gershom Mendes Seixas of New York's Congregation Shearith Israel gave what is widely believed to be the first-ever Jewish sermon about Thanksgiving. (Photo/JTA-Flickr Commons-Shearith Israel)
Posted inOpinion

How Thanksgiving helped Jews carve out a piece of the American story

Rabbi Yael Buechler by Rabbi Yael Buechler and JTA November 22, 2021November 22, 2021
The Temple Judea building on Brotherhood Way, seen here around the time of its completion in 1964, is now home to Congregation Beth Israel Judea as well as Or Shalom Jewish Community. (Photo/Courtesy Congregation Beth Israel Judea)
Posted inUncategorized

Newly merged S.F. synagogues announce new name: Am Tikvah

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 19, 2021November 19, 2021
The giant menorah in Union Square in San Francisco on the first night of Hanukkah, Dec. 10, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inHanukkah

Need a flicker of community? Here’s our list of public menorah lightings.

by J. Staff November 19, 2021November 29, 2021

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