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From "Jacob Tells Laban that He Will Work for Rachel," woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1860
Posted inTorah

Refraining from public shaming can save a life, literally

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan December 6, 2019December 6, 2019
(From left) Rabbi Susan Silverman, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Tiffany Haddish, Aliza Rose Silverman and Billy Crystal, who is filming a movie with Haddish. (JTA/Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix)
Posted inComedy

Tiffany Haddish’s celebrity-filled bat mitzvah, in photos

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA December 4, 2019December 4, 2019
Hernán Rustein (right) at the Vatican, where he sang in 2014. (Fotografia Felici)
Posted inReligion

Latin America’s rising ‘passion’ for Reform Judaism coming to Bay Area this Shabbat

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Ava Hinz is a student at Mountain View High School. (Wikimedia/Bahn Mi CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inYouth Voice

It’s time for High Holidays to become official school holidays

Ava Hinz by Ava Hinz December 2, 2019December 2, 2019
Thousands of rabbis who serve as emissaries for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement pose for their annual "class picture" in front of Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Nov. 24, 2019. (Mendel Grossbaum/Chabad.org)
Posted inOpinion

Look past the beard and black hat — you’ll see a rainbow

Rabbi Eli Friedman by Rabbi Eli Friedman December 2, 2019December 2, 2019
Big Jupiter energy this month! On Dec. 4, 1973, NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent back these images of Jupiter. (NASA)
Posted inAstrolojew

Month of Kislev: A ‘great conjunction’ approaches, but is it good for the Jews?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude December 2, 2019
Leonard Nimoy as Spock in an episode of "Star Trek."
Posted inTorah

To boldly go where courageous Jews have gone before

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg November 29, 2019November 27, 2019
Ellen Spiro (left) and Rabbi Sydney Mintz at their wedding in San Francisco on July 26. (Marc Estoque)
Posted inUnions

Kumquats, Trump, a van and a Vespa: building blocks for everlasting love

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 26, 2019November 26, 2019
Sara Felder juggling and telling stories at LABA's DRUNK event at the East Bay JCC in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Getting drunk on Jewish texts and arts at LABA launch

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 25, 2019November 26, 2019
Detail from "Abraham's Servant Meets Rebecca" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

The deep meaning of the Torah’s first great love story

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon November 21, 2019November 21, 2019

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