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A streaming Shabbat service in Minnesota got explicit when a couple engaged in sexual activity during a bat mitzvah. (JTA illustration)
Posted inU.S.

Couple’s Shabbat Zoom sex stream raises eyebrows — and renews questions about online services

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 3, 2022
Comestibles Fine Catering and Supper Club prepping dinners.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

How Shabbat dinner kept the lights on for this caterer during the pandemic

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 25, 2022June 7, 2022
Chickens eating their feed at a poultry plant. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Can’t find poultry for Passover? The kosher chicken shortage, explained

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA April 7, 2022April 7, 2022
A scroll of the Book of Esther. (Photo/RNS-Courtesy Oregon State University-Wikipedia-Creative Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Can rabbis avoid burnout?

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS March 24, 2022March 24, 2022
Rabbi Dan Ain came to San Francisco's Congregation Beth Sholom in 2018.
Posted inNews

Rabbi Dan Ain to leave Beth Sholom at end of March after four years

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Masked congregants at Congregation Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service on June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inLocal Voice

Plea from a disabled Jew: the pandemic isn’t over

Mariyama Scott by Mariyama Scott March 18, 2022March 30, 2022
Congregation Emanu-El Forest School participants walk along the Mountain Lake Trail in San Francisco's Presidio. (Photo/Michael Gutnick)
Posted inEducation

Emanu-El ‘forest’ preschool grows out of pandemic pivot

Michael Gutnick by Michael Gutnick March 17, 2022
Congregants at Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service of the pandemic, June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inNews

More Bay Area synagogues are going mask-optional

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 16, 2022March 16, 2022
Travelers at Ben Gurion Airport, Dec. 22, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel to allow unvaccinated tourists to enter beginning March 1

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA February 22, 2022
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

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