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two images: the cover of the book "I Am The Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book," which features an illustration of a dark-skinned boy in a yoga tree pose; and a photo of the author, a smiling white woman with long dark hair standing in front her synagogue.
Posted inReligion

S.F. rabbi’s picture book brings kids to Torah by way of yoga

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 1, 2020July 8, 2020
Noam Sienna is the author of “A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969.”
Posted inPride

A treasure trove of LGBTQ texts from two millennia of Jewish history

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 29, 2020July 8, 2020
Rainbow-colored challah at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav's 2018 Pride Shabbat. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inPride

Don’t let Pride’s 50th anniversary pass by. Lots of Jewish resources are available.

9mugmychalcopeland by Rabbi Mychal Copeland June 22, 2020
Arthur Slepian (right), newly named chair of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation, with husband Gerry Llamado in Israel. (Photo/Courtesy Slepian)
Posted inPride

Arthur Slepian, activist who linked LGBTQ Jews in U.S. and Israel, set to become Federation chair

by Dan Pine June 8, 2020June 9, 2020
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
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
an open laptop computer
Posted inBay Area

Email scam targets Bay Area rabbis and their congregants

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 29, 2020February 4, 2020
The 2018 San Francisco Dyke March coming down Castro Street (Photo/Instagram-@sfdykemarch)
Posted inPride

Despite DC controversy, S.F. Jews don’t expect problem with Jewish flags at local Dyke March

Josefin Dolsten by JTA, J. Staff and Josefin Dolsten June 17, 2019
pride flag waving in the wing
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Celebrate Pride Month at these Jewish community events

by J. Staff June 11, 2019June 12, 2019
Rami Kripke-Ludwig
Posted inYouth Voice

I do not speak, but I am listening. Talking about others hurts us all.

Rami Kripke-Ludwig by Rami Kripke-Ludwig April 3, 2019April 3, 2019

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