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The first day of creation, according to the Nuremberg Chronicle
Posted inColumns

At Torah’s end, why do we start again so rapidly, leaving us no time to revel?

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf October 1, 2021September 30, 2021
From "The Divine Comedy" by Gustave Dore.
Posted inOpinion

Why our preferred pronoun for God should be ‘they’

by Mark Silk and RNS September 29, 2021September 29, 2021
"Exodus 2: Mosheh Cradles Moshah" by Yael Kanarek
Posted inReligion

I reversed the genders of every person in the Torah — and it finally feels complete

by Yael Kanarek and Forward September 28, 2021September 28, 2021
stacks of kippot in all sizes and colors at a market in Israel
Posted inMixed & Matched

How can I get my dad to help me deal with my patrilineal status?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler September 28, 2021September 27, 2021
Greg Kirkpatrick and his father John handle just-picked citrons at Lindcove Ranch.
Posted inNews

Heat wave, early holiday season deprive Bay Area Jews of local kosher etrogs

by Eliyahu Kamisher September 24, 2021September 27, 2021
(Photo/Forward-Montinique Monroe-Getty)
Posted inOpinion

Spending time with unhoused people challenged everything I knew about Sukkot

Hannah Lebovits by Hannah Lebovits and Forward September 24, 2021September 24, 2021
The dome of the US Capitol. (Photo/Wikimedia-David Maiolo)
Posted inTorah

How Sukkot, the U.S. Capitol and Abe Lincoln are connected

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg September 24, 2021September 23, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-enki22 CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Together again! This High Holidays, our choir was truly magical.

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent September 22, 2021September 29, 2021
An oil derrick near farm fields in Oklahoma. (Photo/JTA-Sarah Nichols-Flickr Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Shmita is Judaism’s sabbatical year. It can be a model for tackling climate change and inequality.

Sen. Meghan KallmanLex Rofeberg by Sen. Meghan Kallman, Rabbi Lex Rofeberg and JTA September 20, 2021
A leather shop that used to be a synagogue in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inSukkot

For Mallorca’s Jews, their first ‘public’ sukkah is a triumph over the Spanish Inquisition

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 20, 2021

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