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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

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
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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