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Rabbis are leaving their jobs in unusually large numbers as the pandemic enters its third year. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

The Great Resignation is fueling a rabbinic hiring crisis that could leave synagogues without leaders

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA January 31, 2022
A syringe and a bottle reading "Covid-19 Vaccine" next to the Pfizer company logo in Jerusalem on December 10, 2020.
(Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli study: Double dose of Pfizer can’t fight Omicron, but booster helps

Abigail Klein LeichmanISRAEL21c logo by Abigail Klein Leichman and ISRAEL21c December 15, 2021
Mary Ann Salinas holds up two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, Dec. 21, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inOpinion

You need to make a 5-year-plan for Covid

by J. Editorial Board November 11, 2021November 15, 2021
Aiden Arthurs receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine at the Jewish Federation/JARC's offices in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, May 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Kowalsky-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inParenting

As my kids get vaccinated, they wonder what’s next

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein November 8, 2021
Aiden Arthurs receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine at the Jewish Federation/JARC's offices in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, May 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Kowalsky-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

As Covid vaccines for kids arrive, these rabbis (and their kids) are ready with new prayers

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 3, 2021November 3, 2021
"It's time to adopt a mindset that this may be what our lives are like," says Dr. Bob Wachter of UCSF. (Photo/Courtesy UCSF)
Posted inBay Area

Herd immunity? ‘Not going to happen,’ says UCSF doctor

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 3, 2021November 3, 2021
Dave Pell calls himself "Managing Editor of the Internet." (Photo/Adam Moore)
Posted inBooks

‘Please Scream’: New book revisits 2020’s collective nervous breakdown

by J. Staff November 2, 2021November 2, 2021
an older woman happily holds out her arms to greet an old friend in a large synagogue sanctuary
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As local rules relax, Bay Area congregations return to their sanctuaries

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Joy Sisisky will serve as the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund's interim CEO starting Dec. 31, 2021.
Posted inPhilanthropy

In a time of global suffering, Federation sees growth in Jewish giving

by Dan Pine October 14, 2021October 14, 2021
Rabbi Asher Meza, in addition to supporting anti-vaccine activists, has bucked the wider Orthodox community in other ways. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Meza)
Posted inU.S.

A Proud Boys-sympathizing rabbi in Florida has provided 200 vaccine exemption requests

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 12, 2021

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