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The exterior of San Francisco's Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, as rendered in Miecraft. (Screenshot/Courtesy Joel Lachter)
Posted inReligion

A virtual bar mitzvah party — in a Minecraft replica of local synagogue

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 8, 2020May 12, 2020
(Photo/pikrepo.com)
Posted inJewish Life

To prevent another pandemic, our Shabbat meals need to include far less meat

Melissa Hoffman by Melissa Hoffman May 8, 2020May 8, 2020
(Photo/Flickr-lawriecate CC BY 2.0)
Posted inTorah

The Torah on telling truth from falsehood

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan May 8, 2020May 8, 2020
Rabbi Yosef Langer of Chabad at Sea wants to buy a boat — this boat. (Photo/Courtesy Five Star Yachts)
Posted inNews

Chabad at Sea? SF’s ‘Rally Rabbi’ is hoping his ship comes in

by Dan Pine May 7, 2020May 11, 2020
An Omer Project gathering in 2014. (Photo/Max A. Cherney)
Posted inReligion

Omer Project goes from the streets to the home this year

by J. Staff May 7, 2020
Synagogue in Mád, Hungary (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inOpinion

Today, we’re mourning the loss of our social spaces. Tomorrow, let’s redesign them.

Hannah Lebovits by Hannah Lebovits May 5, 2020May 5, 2020
This week's Torah portion introduces the commandment to leave fallen harvest in the field to be "gleaned" by the poor, as illustrated here in "The Gleaners" by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible.
Posted inTorah

Honor our elders, especially in these excruciating times

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 1, 2020April 30, 2020
Ben Stiller and Edward Norton as a rabbi and a priest in "Keeping the Faith," which premiered in 2000. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Keeping the Faith’ is 20 years old. Rabbis and priests look back at the interfaith romcom that was ahead of its time.

by Stephen Silver and JTA April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
Taurus (Shor) is this month's ruling sign. (Illustration/Jehoshaphat Aspin, 1825)
Posted inAstrolojew

Month of Iyar: Healing and second chances amid the isolation

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude April 27, 2020
"Miriam Shut Out From The Camp" by James Tissot, ca. 1900, shows a scene from this week's Torah portion.
Posted inTorah

In this week’s Torah portion, a mysterious disease strikes

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 24, 2020April 23, 2020

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