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A synagogue-goer packs up his tallit, or prayer shawl, after services in Vienna, Austria, in July 2021. (Photo/JTA-Adam Berry-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Is it safe to attend Rosh Hashanah services? Should kids? Your Covid-19 High Holiday questions, answered.

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA August 23, 2021
ornate antique black and white illustration of two armies meeting in battle
Posted inTorah

Our capacity to forgive must be stronger than cancel culture

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein August 20, 2021August 19, 2021
A fire in Napa County as seen from Middletown in Lake County, Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo/Jade May)
Posted inReligion

Rabbis are supposed to offer hope on the High Holidays. What if I can’t?

Rabbi Rachel Barenblat by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and JTA August 18, 2021
Rabbi Yoel Kahn (left) speaking on a panel at the 2015 convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. (Photo/File)
Posted inBay Area

Rabbi Yoel Kahn retires after 36 years of service to Bay Area Jews

by Dan Pine August 16, 2021July 2, 2026
"Moses Pleading With Israel" from a 1907 postcard
Posted inTorah

Always pursue justice, and you’ll always do your best

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf August 13, 2021August 12, 2021
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

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