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"Moses Pleading With Israel" from a 1907 postcard
Posted inTorah

All of Judaism in one tidy Torah portion

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen July 23, 2021July 22, 2021
Camp Swig counselors and CITs, summer 1975. (Photo/Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff).
Posted inLocal Voice

The lasting impact of a 1975 Camp Swig visit to San Quentin prison

Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff by Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff July 21, 2021
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867
Posted inTorah

How this week’s cries of woe lead us to greater insight

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon July 16, 2021July 15, 2021
Young women dancing on Tu B'Av on Kibbutz Ein Hashofet, 1944. (Photo/Ein Hashofet archive)
Posted inTu B'Av

Horoscopes for month of Av: Destroying hypocrisy, creating harmony

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude July 9, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-John McCullough CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inTorah

Our journey through Covid must count for something

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 9, 2021July 8, 2021
This rental house is home to the Surfside Minyan, which lost several members in the Champlain Towers South collapse. (Photo/Forward)
Posted inReligion

‘There is no Kohen:’ A minyan in the shadow of disaster mourns its losses

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
engraving of several women standing before moses, who is seated on a throne
Posted inTorah

How 5 Jewish daughters reformed a rule and changed society 

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein July 2, 2021July 1, 2021
Rabbi Michael Perice of Temple Sinai in Cinnaminson, N.J., shared his story of addiction and recovery with his congregants after celebrating 10 years of sobriety. (Photo/JTA-Rachael Perice)
Posted inHealth

This rabbi was addicted to opioids. Now he’s using his experience to help his congregants.

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA July 1, 2021
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

My daughter refuses to spend Christmas with me

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler June 29, 2021
Members of the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue team look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building, June 25, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

For Jewish burial societies, Surfside building collapse presents a grim and complex task

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA June 28, 2021

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