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A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inShavuot

Torah is the water supply that makes Jewish life possible

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg May 28, 2020
The Haifa Municipal Band playing in the 1933 Bikurim parade. (Photo/ GPO via Wikipedia)
Posted inShavuot

When Haifa was party central at Shavuot

Rachel NeimanISRAEL21c logo by Rachel Neiman and ISRAEL21c May 27, 2020
Many traditional Shavuot foods, like cheesecake, are hard for lactose-intolerant Jews to digest. (Pixabay)
Posted inShavuot

Virtual Shavuot events around the Bay

Rebecca Landau by Rebecca Landau May 27, 2020July 9, 2021
Urban Adamah's "Party in the Sukkah: Adults Only" event in 2015. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inReligion

Mainstream Judaism needs to wake up

Yoav Schlesinger by Yoav Schlesinger May 25, 2020May 26, 2020
The light-filled sanctuary of Kol Shofar in Tiburon (Photo/HCLA)
Posted inBay Area, Columns, Religion, Jew in the Pew, Jewish Life, News

Shabbat online? Conservative synagogues get OK, but some were already doing it

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 25, 2020May 26, 2020
An Israeli postage stamp from 1961 depicts Gemini, the sign of the Hebrew month of Sivan. The Hebrew text reads "Mazal T'omim — the sign of Gemini" and "Chodesh Sivan — the month of Sivan." (Photo/Flickr-karen horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Month of Sivan: How deep do our roots really go?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude May 25, 2020May 25, 2020
"Shavout" by Moritz Daniel Oppeneheim, 1880
Posted inTorah

Making things count as we re-emerge into the outside world

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen May 22, 2020May 21, 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 inOpinion

It’s time to build digital-first Jewish communities that will outlast the pandemic

Lex Rofeberg by Rabbi Lex Rofeberg May 19, 2020May 20, 2020
a flowery wedding canopy at sunset by the beach
Posted inLocal Voice

Who is officiating — and why?

Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce by Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce May 19, 2020
Rabbi Mark Bloom leads an online service at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland.
Posted inReligion

Conservative movement allows livestreaming on Shabbat and holidays during pandemic

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA May 15, 2020

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