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This curse tablet was discovered by Mount Ebal, which is near the Palestinian city of Nablus. (Photo/RNS-Michael C. Luddeni)
Posted inNews

Earliest mention of God’s name found in West Bank archaeological dump

by Jerry Pattengale and RNS March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

An ancient tablet discovered near the Palestinian city of Nablus may contain the earliest known mention of God’s name in proto-alphabetic Hebrew. Scott Stripling, director of the Archaeological Studies Institute […]

"The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah," John Martin, 1852
Posted inLocal Voice

Enough already, or cancel culture will come for the Hebrew Bible

David Perlstein by David Perlstein November 6, 2020
A stem cell researcher at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda. (Photo/Food and Drug Administration)
Posted inUncategorized

We can’t stand idly by: Vote ‘yes’ on Prop. 14 for stem cell research

Rabbi Sydney Mintz (Courtesy)Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback by Rabbi Sydney Mintz and Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback October 28, 2020
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer on the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem, Nov. 27, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Tel Aviv University launches academic program to preserve knowledge of Ethiopian Jewish bible

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 28, 2020
The Golden Calf, as seen in the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
Posted inOpinion

Your political opponent is not an idol worshipper

Rabbi Leon A. MorrisRabbi Zvi Hirschfield by Rabbi Leon Morris and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield September 29, 2020
Alter, smiling, seated in a sunlit office full of books
Posted inBooks

Jewish Book Council awards recognize Cal prof Robert Alter, book on history of Jewish women

by JTA and J. Staff January 15, 2020January 21, 2020
Handmaids rehearse “the ceremony” in Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Photo/George Kraychyk)
Posted inTV & Film

How the future of ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ echoes our Biblical past

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz June 20, 2019June 20, 2019
Alter, smiling, seated in a sunlit office full of books
Posted inReligion

Robert Alter’s epic, literary one-man Bible

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 15, 2018July 5, 2024
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867
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Here’s what we need to tell young people about Israel

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 12, 2018April 12, 2018
Bookshelf of old copies of J. Previous names of this publication have included Emanu-El and Jewish Bulletin. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJewish Life

Biblical music research (1932); Citizenship for Druze in Israel (1982)

by J. Staff February 23, 2017February 23, 2017

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