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a vivid painting of a goat in the desert
Posted inTorah

In America, Israel and Gaza today, it always feels like Yom Kippur

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 1, 2025October 3, 2025
Attendees of a Wilderness Torah gathering for Sukkot perform a version of the ancient Simchat Beit Hashoeivah ritual in 2022. (Julia Maryanska/Courtesy Wilderness Torah)
Posted inLocal Voice

After Oct. 7, Sukkot forces us to balance pain and celebration

by Zion Nadav September 30, 2025September 30, 2025
prayerbook, shofar and stringed instrument
Posted inReligion

The Kitchen’s new siddur blends Ashkenazi and Sephardic liturgy, a first

by Dan Pine September 29, 2025September 30, 2025
Death of Moses print
Posted inTorah

Moses’ late-in-life lesson: People can change

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein September 25, 2025September 25, 2025
a middle-aged man and two kids hang paper chains under a wooden sukkah
Posted inHigh Holidays

Family events for Sukkot and Simchat Torah around the Bay Area

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight September 22, 2025September 30, 2025
(JTA illustration by Grace Yagel)
Posted inReligion

We asked rabbis, ‘What are Jews most hungry to hear this new year?’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 22, 2025September 22, 2025
Makom Shalom — aka the Forest Synagogue of West Sonoma County — is the most recent addition to the local communities inspired by Earth-based Judaism and Jewish Renewal. (Courtesy Makom Shalom)
Posted inReligion

A ‘Forest Synagogue’ grows in Sonoma County

by Sue Fishkoff September 19, 2025September 20, 2025
Rabbi Jennifer Frenkel and Rabbi Chase Foster
Posted inReligion

A High Holiday helpline for rabbis is flooded with millennial calls

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen September 19, 2025September 19, 2025
(Photo by congerdesign via Pixnio)
Posted inTorah

When the Book of Life opens, will you be ready to write your story?

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg September 18, 2025September 19, 2025
Close-up of a finger reading braille text on a textured white paper, emphasizing touch.
Posted inBooks

This library offers free prayer books to blind and disabled Jews

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight September 17, 2025September 18, 2025

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