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People mingle in the remodeled courtyard of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco during a reception celebrating the building's reopening, Sept. 12, 2025. The main sanctuary is to the left of the frame, while the stairs on the right lead down to the main entrance. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Emanu-El celebrates end of $97M renovation project

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 16, 2025September 26, 2025
Wilderness Torah's signature programs, such as Passover in the Desert, are often characterized by an ecstatic spiritual mood. (Julia Maryanska/Courtesy Wilderness Torah)
Posted inBay Area

Wilderness Torah joins up with national Jewish eco org Adamah

by Dan Pine September 16, 2025September 16, 2025
pogrom painting
Posted inTorah

Call it ‘woke’ if you want, but empathy is embedded in the Jewish psyche

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler September 11, 2025September 18, 2025
Rabbi Yosef Blau
Posted inReligion

Yosef Blau, author of an Orthodox rabbis’ letter calling out Israel, responds to his critics

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 5, 2025September 9, 2025
LJ Bernstein blows a shofar at an Or Shalom Jewish Community picnic in Marx Meadows in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inJewish Life

Free and low-cost Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services in the Bay Area 2025

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight September 4, 2025September 18, 2025
painting of Polish refugee children
Posted inArt

Magnes exhibit traces the flow of water through centuries of Jewish life

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 3, 2025September 4, 2025
Rabbi Tadhg Cleary
Posted inReligion

In a first, Orthodox rabbinical school ordains an out gay rabbi

Louis Keene by Louis Keene August 13, 2025August 13, 2025
Rabbi Ari Yehuda Saks
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Third-generation Conservative rabbi resigns from movement after facing punishment for performing intermarriages

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev August 11, 2025August 11, 2025
Jews gather at the Wall Western in Jerusalem
Posted inIsrael

Israelis lament divides, and cling to them, as they mark a holiday about the toll of disunity

by Deborah Danan August 1, 2025August 1, 2025
Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation
Posted inCalifornia

Largest Reconstructionist synagogue is set to cut ties with denomination over Israel

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 23, 2025July 25, 2025

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