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(From left) Rotem Greenberg, Claire Nemhauser, Rabbi Michael Walden and Brandon Kessel at the Maimonides Moot Court Competition in New York. (Photo/Courtesy Walden)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why I took a group of Reform teens to a Jewish law debate in New York

by Rabbi Michael Walden May 29, 2024

This spring, three liberal Jewish teens from my Los Gatos Reform congregation spent a weekend in New York debating Jewish law with Conservative and Orthodox teens from around the country. […]

An electric car charges in a station. (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inReligion

Conservative rabbis endorse use of electric cars on Shabbat, but divisions over driving remain

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg July 27, 2023
Jewish scholars and rabbis in the Teshuva Writing Collective, a project of Svara, are creating the first collection of responsa by and for transgender Jews. (Photo/JTA-Jess Benjamin)
Posted inReligion

Queer yeshiva to publish first-ever collection of Jewish legal opinions written by and for trans Jews

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA March 20, 2023
People protest in reaction to the leak of the Supreme Court draft abortion ruling, in New York City, May 3, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Bryan R. Smith-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

For Orthodox Jewish groups, it’s wait and see on the reversal of abortion rights

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 4, 2022
National Council of Jewish Women leaders and advocates rallied on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to show support for abortion access, Dec. 1, 2021. (Photo/Courtesy NCJW)
Posted inOpinion

What Jewish law really says about abortion

Ephraim Sherman by Ephraim Sherman and JTA May 3, 2022
(From left) Eruv expert Rabbi Haim Jachter, Beth Jacob members Raphi Shorser and Michael Sosebee and Rabbi Gershon Albert out on an eruv boundary–hunting expedition in August.
Posted inNews

Major expansion of Oakland eruv is a ‘game-changer’ for Orthodox

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 6, 2021December 7, 2021
Trump's impeachment lawyer David Schoen covering his hand with his head before drinking water. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

Why did Trump’s impeachment lawyer David Schoen keep putting his hand on his head?

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins, Ron Kampeas and JTA February 9, 2021
Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inReligion

Oakland synagogue celebrates new year with long-awaited eruv

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2020September 14, 2020

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