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A rooftop view to the Jewish Theological Seminary and nearby buildings. (Photo/JTA-Education Images-Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

In a shift, Conservative movement publicly lists the rabbis it has expelled and suspended

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA October 25, 2021October 25, 2021
"Abraham and the Three Angels" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

How do we offer hospitality in this day and age? 

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 22, 2021October 22, 2021
Children attend a rally for peace and unity in Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to remember victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, Nov. 9, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Flickr Commons-Gov. Tom Wolf)
Posted inOpinion

What the Tree of Life shooting revealed about American Jewry

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA October 20, 2021
a church steeple
Posted inKids & Family

I don’t want my Jewish son to become a Christian

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler October 20, 2021
A house just outside St. Helena, Napa County, burns in the Glass Fire, Sept. 29, 2020. (Photo/Napa County Sheriff)
Posted inTorah

A radiant world — or a planet on fire?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 15, 2021October 14, 2021
Rabbi Shira Stutman discusses circumcision during a class for converts to Judaism at the Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington, DC on December 5, 2013.. (Photo/JTA-Linda Davidson-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

These Jews want to normalize not circumcising — and they want synagogues to help

by Ben Harris and JTA October 8, 2021December 7, 2021
"The Tower of Babel" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563
Posted inTorah

Lessons from Tower of Babel: Focus less on yourself, more on the community

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein October 8, 2021October 7, 2021
Akrav (AKA Scorpio), ruling sign of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, as drawn in a 1322 German Shavuot prayer book.
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for month of Cheshvan: A bitter month — or a great one?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude October 5, 2021
From "The Divine Comedy" by Gustave Dore.
Posted inReligion

Why calling God ‘they’ shouldn’t upset you

by Mark Silk and RNS October 4, 2021
A man with dark hair and a scarred face stands smiling
Posted inMusic

Berkeley tech innovator for the blind wins MacArthur Fellowship

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and Forward October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

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