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Synagogue in Mád, Hungary (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inUncategorized

Issue of patrilineal descent raises some more questions

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler May 4, 2021May 12, 2021
man walking up stairs covered in debris, trash and garments
Posted inLag Ba'Omer

Three teenagers among 6 Americans killed in Israeli stampede

by Stewart Ain and JTA May 3, 2021May 12, 2021
Smoke from the sacrificial altar rises up from Jerusalem in this 1890 painting by James Tissot.
Posted inTorah

Flamin’ hot take: The Torah’s notion of sacrifice isn’t outdated

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg April 30, 2021April 29, 2021
Sculptor Chas Fagan, (left) holds a clay model of a bust of Elie Wiesel and watches as stonemason Sean Callahan (right) uses medieval techniques to carve the bust into the walls of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. (Photo/JTA-National Cathedral)
Posted inNews

Elie Wiesel will be the first Jew honored with a bust at the National Cathedral in Washington

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 28, 2021April 28, 2021
This week's Torah portion lists 74 laws, including the law of gleaning, which says that fallen crops must be left for widows and orphans, as seen in "Gleaners" by James Tissot.
Posted inColumns

In the Torah’s ‘Holiness Code,’ justice must be served

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 23, 2021April 22, 2021
Based on detail from "Miriam Shut Out From The Camp" by James Tissot, ca. 1900, which shows a scene from this week's Torah portion.
Posted inColumns

This week’s Torah portion offers insights on suicide 

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan April 16, 2021April 15, 2021
Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland held its first indoor service in a year, March 14, 2021.
Posted inReligion

Bay Area synagogue doors start to swing open again 

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 14, 2021April 14, 2021
Children sitting at the Park East Synagogue, a Modern Orthodox congregation in New York City, March 3, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inMixed & Matched

I’m tired of my fellow Jews insulting my Orthodoxy

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler April 14, 2021
D’li the water bucket (AKA Aquarius), the astrological sign of the Jewish people, in a 1322 German prayerbook.
Posted inColumns

Month of Iyar: Lighting the way to soul healing

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude April 13, 2021April 13, 2021
Shir Yaakov Feit sings the first of 70 melodies he wrote for the Book of Psalms at the beginning of the pandemic. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inCulture

Inspired by the pandemic, Jewish musicians are rolling out a year’s worth of spiritual ‘healing songs’

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 12, 2021April 12, 2021

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