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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
Rabbi Emily Cohen has a yellow hat emblazoned with the word "clergy" ready to wear to protests, where she plans to help deescalate possible violent situations. (Photo/Courtesy Cohen)
Posted inUncategorized

As election uncertainty continues, rabbis help congregants make sense of their feelings

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 5, 2020
Jean-François Millet's unfinished painting of Hagar and Ishmael, 1849.
Posted inTorah

For the good of all our children: Torah for after the election

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg November 5, 2020November 6, 2020
Videos circulated of a man reciting a prayer for victory for Donald Trump in an Orthodox synagogue Tuesday morning. (Screenshot from WhatsApp)
Posted inNews

Anxious Jewish voters turn to an old standby: prayer

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 3, 2020
Jews gathered in front of the New York Public Library in Manhattan to protest antisemitism, Oct. 15, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Tayfun Coskun-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

For Orthodox Jews, Election Day caps a season of unprecedented partisan activity

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 3, 2020
“The Caravan of Abraham” by James Tissot, ca. 1900.
Posted inTorah

Like Abraham, we must leave things behind to move forward

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein October 30, 2020October 29, 2020

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