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a row of small trans flags along a curb
Posted inMixed & Matched

Transitioning to my true self includes converting to Judaism. Can I?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler August 11, 2021August 11, 2021
Rabbi Menachem and Devorie Levin, founders of the new Chabad in San Francisco's West Portal neighborhood.
Posted inBay Area

New West Portal Chabad brings the beef

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 9, 2021August 10, 2021
A 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Horoscopes for month of Elul: Teshuva time, and not a moment too soon

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 9, 2021
Artem Dolgopyat of Team Israel celebrates winning gold in the men's floor exercise final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo/JTA-Laurence Griffiths-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Artem Dolgopyat won Olympic gold for Israel, but he can’t get married at home

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 5, 2021August 9, 2021
Cash registers were invented to counteract employees' temptation to steal;  a "Shabbat box" can help keep mobile devices out of our hands on Shabbat.
Posted inTorah

How the cash register figures into a soulful, joyous Shabbat

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg August 5, 2021August 6, 2021
Ron Wornick reads to a class at the school that bears his name. (Photo/ Courtesy Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School)
Posted inEducation

Passionate about education, Ronald C. Wornick dies at 89

by Dan Pine August 3, 2021August 4, 2021
One of the only Jewish kids in Key West, Gili Sanouf, 17, sorts through T-shirts and beachwear at the souvenir shop owned by his parents. (Photo/Larry Luxner)
Posted inHistory

The Jews of Key West: Making a home again in Margaritaville

by JTA and Larry Luxner August 3, 2021
Jews gathered at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn every evening for the month leading up to Tisha B'Av to blow the shofar and call for justice on behalf of Black lives. (Photo/JTA-Ari Beser)
Posted inOpinion

Why Reform Jewish leaders support H.R. 40, the federal reparations bill

Rabbi Sarah Bassin by Rabbi Sarah Bassin, Deitra Reiser, Rabbi Hannah Goldstein and RNS July 29, 2021July 29, 2021
A Japanese Maple with its red fall leaves. (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inFirst Person

Jewish tradition celebrates the rhythm of nature. What happens when it’s thrown off balance?

Hannah S. Pressman by Hannah S. Pressman and JTA July 28, 2021July 28, 2021
Julia Haart (center) is the focus of the Netflix reality series "My Unorthodox Life."
Posted inFirst Person

‘My Unorthodox Life’: Uninteresting and superficial

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS July 23, 2021

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