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patrilineal Jews

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, who is also a cantor, performs "Over the Rainbow" at the end of her Dec. 3 event at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. (Courtesy JCCSF/Justin Halgren)
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In S.F., first Asian American rabbi describes how she found her ‘truest home’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 4, 2025December 5, 2025

During a trip to Korea for her mother’s 80th birthday, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl met a Buddhist monk who asked her to explain Judaism to him. The Korean American spiritual leader […]

Synagogue in Mád, Hungary (Photo/JTA-Getty)
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Issue of patrilineal descent raises some more questions

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler May 4, 2021May 12, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-lawriecate CC BY 2.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

At a loss after my rabbi said I’m not allowed to read Torah

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler April 1, 2021
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Posted inMixed & Matched

How do I tell people that, yes, my kids are Jewish?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler April 13, 2020
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Posted inJewish Life

I’m done passing as a matrilineal Jew

by Rabbi Emily Cohen February 5, 2020February 5, 2020
(Photo/JTA-Francesco Carta fotografo-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

I wish I didn’t need to prove myself as a patrilineal Jew

by JTA and Shoshannah Tikvah August 27, 2019August 27, 2019
The imposing facade of a synagogue on Santiago, Chile (Photo/Wikimedia-Ignacio Falcon CC BY 1.0)
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My dad is 100% Jewish, but I’m scared to enter a synagogue

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler June 7, 2019June 10, 2019

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