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We shouldn't be so quick to pat ourselves on the back for welcoming interfaith families, writes Edmund Case. (Photo/Flickr-alborzshawn CC BY 2.0)
Posted inUncategorized

Welcome mat for interfaith families needs more unrolling

Edmund Case by Edmund Case August 21, 2019
Rabbi Samantha Kahn from InterfaithFamily Bay Area officiates a wedding (Photo/Courtesy InterfaithFamily)
Posted inOpinion

Intermarried Jews are not a ‘second Holocaust,’ regardless of what any Israeli politician says

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz July 12, 2019July 12, 2019
The imposing facade of a synagogue on Santiago, Chile (Photo/Wikimedia-Ignacio Falcon CC BY 1.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

My dad is 100% Jewish, but I’m scared to enter a synagogue

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler June 7, 2019June 10, 2019
an open bible
Posted inMixed & Matched

It hurt to learn I wasn’t considered Jewish or Christian

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler May 15, 2019
Through June 1, the recently renovated Oakland Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is open to the public for the first time in 55 years,  (Photo/Courtesy Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Posted inReligion

A journey into the Holy of Holies — in a Latter-day Saints temple

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 14, 2019October 30, 2024
From the cover of "In Broad Daylight" by Patrick Desbois
Posted inYom HaShoah

Q&A: The Catholic priest who found mass graves of 1.5 million Jews

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 29, 2019April 30, 2019
Ramy Youssef stars in the Hulu series “Ramy.”
Posted inTV & Film

Why Jews should watch ‘Ramy,’ a new series about a millennial Muslim

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 26, 2019
Has the Hebrew word “goy” become a slur?
Posted inAnalysis, Opinion

Is ‘goy’ a slur?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 25, 2019
Youth Spirit Artworks teens and staff (clockwise from left) Jackson Hardamon, Mary Stackiewicz, Jordan Foster and Jason Wilson (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inBay Area, News

Interfaith coalition building tiny houses for homeless youth

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 16, 2019April 18, 2019
Fatima Hansia leads a moment of silence for the victims of the mosque shootings in New Zealand at a vigil at Islamic Center of Mill Valley, March 15, 2019. (Photo/Arno Rosenfeld)
Posted inBay Area

Across the Bay Area, Jews and Muslims gather to honor New Zealand victims

Arno Rosenfeld by Dan Pine and Arno Rosenfeld March 18, 2019March 19, 2019

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