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Rebekah Erev, co-founder of the Queer Mikveh Project, blows the shofar at the first QMP mikvah event at the Albany Bulb in Albany, California, in 2015. (Photo/JTA-Chani Bockwinkel)
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Repentance: Don’t make it a big deal. Just look inward and say what’s right

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg September 23, 2022September 22, 2022

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29:9–30:20 There is so much dis-ease in the air. People feeling discouraged and […]

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Look for the holy spark within and greet the new year with hope

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 3, 2021September 2, 2021
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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A blessing or a curse? The choice is yours to make.

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein September 11, 2020September 10, 2020
A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
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‘From woodchopper to water carrier’ — all are welcome before God

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 27, 2019September 26, 2019
Happy New Year — "a very good place to start," as Julie Andrews sang.
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At the edge of a new year, what do you stand for?

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman September 6, 2018September 5, 2018
Deuteronomy 30:11-12: "This commandment is not in heaven, that you should say: ‘Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us?’" (Photo/Pixabay CC0)
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Making a change may seem herculean, but you can do it

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman September 15, 2017September 13, 2017

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