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Reuben Friedman (right) with his father, Brad Friedman (left) and a sibling during his March 19, 2020, Zoom bar mitzvah. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Friedman)
Posted inReligion

Coronavirus forces b’nai mitzvah ceremonies online

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 26, 2020March 27, 2020
Rabbi Ari Cartun's family having Shabbat dinner together, March 2020.
Posted inFirst Person

Virtual Judaism is being forced upon us. I’m determined to make the best of it.

Rabbi Ari Cartun by Rabbi Ari Cartun March 26, 2020March 27, 2020
A virtual shiva call for Sophi Jacobs (bottom right), whose father died March 19. (FRAIDY ABER)
Posted inBay Area

Death during a pandemic: virtual shiva calls and funerals without mourners

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 25, 2020
The ark doors at Congregation Agudas Achim in Austin, Texas, mimic an ancient depiction of the Hebrew calendar. (Photo/Rabbi Neil Blumofe)
Posted inColumns

It could be easy to lose sense of time during the coronavirus pandemic. Jewish tradition has an antidote for that.

Rabbi Benjamin Resnick by Rabbi Benjamin Resnick March 25, 2020March 25, 2020
Julie Levine lights Shabbat candles (Photo/Jacqueline Warner)
Posted inParenting

Trading a frazzled Shabbat for one that makes me grateful

by Julie Levine March 24, 2020
Kosher for Passover food on a store shelf. (JTA/WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN/GETTY)
Posted inPassover

Plenty of kosher for Passover food available, Orthodox Union certification agency says

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA March 23, 2020
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inTorah

Two little biblical letters that ‘mean nothing but express everything’

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 20, 2020March 19, 2020
A Passover seder in 2019. (Photo/JTA-Creative Touch Imagine Ltd/Nurphoto)
Posted inReligion

Passover in a pandemic: Families on Zoom, solo seders and broken traditions

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 17, 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 inReligion

Shabbat, prayer and religious connection during a pandemic

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 17, 2020March 17, 2020
black and white image of a small church
Posted inMixed & Matched

Is it OK for my Jewish daughter to visit a Christian Sunday school?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler March 16, 2020March 19, 2020

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