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Moses at the Burning Bush by James Tissot
Posted inTorah

Impatient for justice? Congratulations — you’re human

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan January 8, 2021January 7, 2021
Riot police push back a crowd of supporters of President Donald Trump after they stormed the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Roberto Schmidt AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Shaken by violence at Capitol, Bay Area rabbis offer solace

by J. Staff January 7, 2021January 7, 2021
A pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo/JTA-Samuel Corum-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The Jewish prayer for the government came alive for me in a new way yesterday

Rabbi Menachem Creditor by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and JTA January 7, 2021January 8, 2021
Rabbi Lauren Henderson (left) and another student look at source sheets at a Jewish learning session at Base Hillel Chicago, November 2016. (Photo/Couretsy Hillel International)
Posted inEducation

I resisted the call to include non-male voices every time I taught Torah. Then I tried it.

Avigayil Halpern by Avigayil Halpern and JTA January 5, 2021January 8, 2021
Christie Moore getting her first Covid-19 vaccination.
Posted inU.S.

Jewish oncologist reflects on making a bracha on her vaccination

by Shira Feder and JTA January 4, 2021January 5, 2021
Jacob's sons carrying his body to Egypt, from the 1483 Nuremberg Bible.
Posted inColumns

Let’s head into the new year in a new frame of mind

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon December 31, 2020January 4, 2021
Materials used to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, Dec. 21, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inReligion

Which blessing should you say when you get the Covid-19 vaccine? 5 rabbis weigh in.

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 23, 2020
D’li the water bucket (AKA Aquarius), the astrological sign of the Jewish people, in a 1322 German prayerbook.
Posted inAstrolojew

The ‘great conjunction’ of Jupiter and Saturn: good for the Jews?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude December 18, 2020December 17, 2020
"Joseph Interprets Dreams While in Prison" by James Tissot, ca. 1900.
Posted inTorah

Today’s lesson: A better tomorrow

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein December 18, 2020December 17, 2020
A completed page in “The Kabbalah Coloring Book: A Book of Creation.”
Posted inBooks

No time to study Kabbalah? Try the coloring book

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and Forward December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

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