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Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman of Sacramento is the new chair of the North American Board of Trustees for the Union for Reform Judaism. (URJ/Rob Dicker)
Posted inNorthern California

New chair of Union for Reform Judaism is a NorCal woman — again

by Gabriel Greschler December 20, 2019January 3, 2020
“Joseph Sold Into Egypt” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Caged? No escape? In Judaism, there is always hope.

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein December 19, 2019
Rabbi Yosef Langer of Chabad of S.F. lights the Bill Graham menorah in Union Square in 2014. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inNews

Where to enjoy public menorah lightings in the Bay Area

by J. Staff December 18, 2019December 18, 2019
A damaged Torah scroll at Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills. (Twitter-@samyerbi)
Posted inFirst Person

The Torah at my childhood synagogue was desecrated. But we’re still standing.

Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh by Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh December 18, 2019December 18, 2019
Friday night prayers at the Union for Reform Judaism Biennial featured a 78-person choir and screens projecting the words of the service, Dec. 13, 2019. (Rob Dicker/Union for Reform Judaism)
Posted inReligion

Inside the biggest American Shabbat service of the year

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA December 17, 2019December 17, 2019
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks at the group's biennial in Chicago about combating racism, Dec. 12, 2019. (Courtesy Union for Reform Judaism)
Posted inNews

Reform Jewish movement votes to support reparations for African Americans

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA December 13, 2019December 17, 2019
"Jacob Sees Esau Coming to Meet Him," James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

Self-preservation and compassion collide in competing readings of this week’s Torah portion

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 13, 2019December 17, 2019
Lake Merritt in Oakland. (Flickr/Hitchster CC BY 2.0)
Posted inFirst Person

How did we get from ‘Rabbi, I hate your sermons’ to ‘I’m sorry for your loss’?

Rabbi Shelley Waldenberg by Rabbi Shelley Waldenberg December 12, 2019December 17, 2019
Photo of the offending Food & Wine article. (Twitter-@Mottel
Posted inFood

A non-kosher latke is actually the perfect symbol of American Judaism

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
The V'ahavta page of Siddur Masorti: An Egalitarian Səfaradi Siddur. (siddurmasorti.com)
Posted inHanukkah

3 Hanukkah gifts for the liturgy lover in your life

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 10, 2019December 17, 2019

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