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"Thanksgiving at Plymouth" by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, 1925.
Posted inThanksgiving

Thanksgiving was established during an American crisis. Then and now, Judaism teaches us to be grateful.

Rabbi Moshe Hauer by Rabbi Moshe Hauer and JTA November 25, 2020November 25, 2020
Rick Doblin is a leading advocate for the use of MDMA in psychotherapy. A clinical trial he championed produced favorable results this year. (Photo/JTA-Ben Harris; Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inNews

Meet Rick Doblin, the Jewish psychedelics advocate working to turn a club drug into legal medicine

by Ben Harris and JTA November 24, 2020November 24, 2020
Jewish Family and Children’s Services’ San Francisco food bank has become a primary food source for many during the pandemic. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inOpinion

We must step up our charitable giving — our tzedakah — during the pandemic

by Yvette Alt Miller and JTA November 23, 2020November 23, 2020
A renaissance painting of two people, one of them Esau, speaking while crouched over a small flame
Posted inTorah

A saga that begins with strife and ends with hope

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 20, 2020November 19, 2020
(From left) Israeli deputy consul general Matan Zamir, Rabbi Pam Frydman, Rabbi Susan Leider, Rabbi Jill Perlman and Rabbi Nat Ezray on a 2019 Board of Rabbis trip to Israel.
Posted inNews

NorCal Board of Rabbis leaders get their 15-minute close-ups

by Dan Pine November 17, 2020November 23, 2020
Sagittarius, the ruling sign of the month of Kislev, from a 1322 German prayer book.
Posted inAstrolojew

Month of Kislev: Two eclipses and a short, sharp shock

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude November 16, 2020December 14, 2020
“Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well” by Carlo Moratta, 1657
Posted inTorah

What the servant ‘said’ was huge

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
Congregation Beth Sholom's first in-person service in eight months took place outdoors with ample space between attendees' chairs, Nov. 6, 2020. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inNews

In-person Shabbat services? Some Conservative synagogues say yes

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 11, 2020November 12, 2020
Caroline Dorn (left) and Ellie Klein Goldman spent the past year and a half tweeting on their parody account about the inner workings of American synagogue life. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Dorn and Goldman)
Posted inJewish Life

Meet the formerly anonymous women behind ‘RogueShul’ Twitter

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 10, 2020November 10, 2020
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Photo/JTA-Courtesy)
Posted inObituaries

Jonathan Sacks, former UK chief rabbi and Jewish ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 72

by JTA November 7, 2020

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