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a smiling rabbi in a black hat and beard
Posted inU.S.

This rabbi spent 4 long months on a ventilator for Covid-19. Now he’s recovering.

by Penny Schwartz and JTA August 25, 2020
A 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Month of Elul: Repentance begins at home

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
Tile from the Moshav Zekenim synagogue in Tel Aviv. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTorah

Even during Covid, one must awaken ‘like a lion’ every day

Maharat Victoria Sutton by Maharat Victoria Sutton August 21, 2020August 20, 2020
Cantor Toby Glaser rehearses a prerecorded High Holiday service at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Aug. 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inJewish Life

Prerecorded services, backyard worship, a drive-in: finding new ways to uphold tradition this High Holiday season

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
a bald man in a black judge's robe sits in a chair
Posted inWorld

In the Netherlands, judges can fine and lock up Jewish men who refuse to give their wives a religious divorce

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 19, 2020
"Monologues from the Makom" is a collection of essays exploring female sexuality in the Orthodox world. (Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inBooks

Taking a page from ‘Vagina Monologues,’ a new book explores taboos around women’s sexuality and gender in the Orthodox world

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
Exterior of Sinai Memorial Chapel in San Francisco
Posted inNews

Virtual panel to explore how young people grieve and heal

by Gabriel Greschler August 14, 2020August 17, 2020
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
Posted inTorah

Live from Chelm: Online class provides some virtual wisdom from a mythical shtetl

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan August 14, 2020August 14, 2020
a close up of a woman in a white shirt with her hand over her heart
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

My pandemic U-turn: Fortified, organized, full of gratitude

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz August 12, 2020August 18, 2020
Rabbi Daniel Stein (top right) leads candle lighting and some songs over Zoom before Shabbat, March 13, 2020. (Screenshot/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inU.S.

17% of American Jews attended a virtual prayer service last month, compared to half of Christians

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 11, 2020August 12, 2020

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