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A mezuzah from The Magnes at UC Berkeley designed by a German-Israeli-American sculptor named Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert will soon be installed at the vice presidential residence in Washington. (Photo/UC Berkeley-Neil Freese)
Posted inNews

Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff to use mezuzah from UC Berkeley’s Magnes Collection at VP’s residence

by Will Kane November 19, 2021November 23, 2021
"Jacob Wrestling with the Angel" Gustave Doré, 1855
Posted inTorah

Are you like Jacob — wrestling to understand things?

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf November 19, 2021November 18, 2021
a flowery wedding canopy at sunset by the beach
Posted inMixed & Matched

Can I have an Orthodox conversion with a non-Jewish husband?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler November 17, 2021November 17, 2021
These colorful Hanukkah candles are among this year's offerings at the Women of Isaiah Gift Shop in Lafayette.
Posted inHanukkah

Don’t get burned! How and where to get Hanukkah candles in the Bay Area

by Liz Harris November 17, 2021November 22, 2021
Detail from "Jacob and Rachel at the Well" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

How to change your reality from ‘no way’ to ‘I can do this’

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg November 12, 2021November 11, 2021
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Posted inReligion

Eulogized for championing women, Reform leader now accused of abusing them

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward November 11, 2021
Rabbis Becca Walker (left) and Ariella Rosen became the first same-sex rabbinical couple to be married in the Conservative movement. (Photo/JTA-Kelly Prizel Photography)
Posted inUnions

Their same-sex rabbinical wedding was a historic first for the Conservative movement

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA November 10, 2021
Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk speaking at Temple Sinai in Denver, Colorado in 1968, three years before he became the president of the Reform movement's rabbinical school. (Photo/JTA-Denver Post via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

6 men and a ‘good old boys’ culture harmed students at Reform movement’s rabbinical school, report concludes

Philissa CramerAsaf Elia-Shalev by Philissa Cramer, Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA November 9, 2021November 10, 2021
"Jacob Deceives Isaac" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

Jacob lies to his dad — so why does our tradition call him a ‘Man of Truth’?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen November 5, 2021November 4, 2021
a lit menorah
Posted inColumns

Horoscopes for month of Kislev: Shining the light of truth in an unjust world 

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude November 4, 2021November 3, 2021

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