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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
Congregation Sherith Israel's first in-person Shabbat service in over a year, June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inTorah

As we return to community life, we will dwell again under the tent

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf June 25, 2021June 24, 2021
Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi will be the next head of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the first Black Jew to hold the top position at a rabbinical school.
Posted inReligion

For the first time, a Black Jew will lead an American rabbinical school

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 21, 2021
Why isn't Wile E. Coyote falling? Because he hasn't looked down yet.
Posted inTorah

Where the Jewish people’s enduring faith and optimism comes from

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg June 18, 2021June 17, 2021
Cantor Sharon Bernstein of Congregation Sha'ar Zahav participates in the Pride Seder on June 13, 2021. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

‘It reminds us why Pride exists’: S.F. Pride Seder honors queer liberation

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 16, 2021June 23, 2021
Detail from "The Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inTorah

Unite for a positive cause, not against a common enemy

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen June 11, 2021June 10, 2021

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