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Glide Memorial Church

Marilyn Heiss is a regular volunteer in Glide Memorial Church's meal program — which is where she'll be on Christmas.
Posted inHolidays

Even Christmas is different for Jews this pandemic year

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

What’s a Jew to do? The Jewish Christmas tradition of going out for Chinese food and a movie is off the table this year. But Jews are nothing if not […]

Four people stand over a counter in a kitchen braiding challah dough
Posted inFood, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

The Jews who made fresh-baked challah a tradition at Glide Church

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 19, 2018September 24, 2019
The names of lynching victims are inscribed on weathered steel columns that hang from the ceiling at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo/JTA-Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person, Local Voice, Opinion, Travel

The Montgomery lynching memorial is a project of American teshuvah

Rabbi Michael Lezak by Rabbi Michael Lezak May 2, 2018May 3, 2018
Lezak stands speaking at a podium
Posted inBay Area, News

Can we get an amen? Marin rabbi joins staff at Glide

max cherney by Max A. Cherney April 4, 2017April 4, 2017
lettering on a building reads "Glide Memorial Church"
Posted inBay Area, News

Rabbi Michael Lezak accepts social justice post at Glide Foundation

by Dan Pine March 7, 2017November 5, 2018

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