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(Photo/JTA-Igor Golovniov-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Facebook has a new prayer feature. But is it made for Jews?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
This rental house is home to the Surfside Minyan, which lost several members in the Champlain Towers South collapse. (Photo/Forward)
Posted inReligion

‘There is no Kohen:’ A minyan in the shadow of disaster mourns its losses

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
old books on a shelf
Posted inReligion

Inside each buried Jewish book, a Jewish heart

by Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky and JTA May 6, 2021May 6, 2021
Smoke from the sacrificial altar rises up from Jerusalem in this 1890 painting by James Tissot.
Posted inTorah

We are imperfect — but commanded to do better

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein March 26, 2021March 25, 2021
Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland held its first indoor service in a year, March 14, 2021.
Posted inFirst Person

Getting vaccinated was a lesson in humility and gratitude

Rabbi Gershon Albert by Rabbi Gershon Albert March 15, 2021March 16, 2021
Mikhail Karton, a physician assistant who administers the vaccine at skilled nursing facilities as a volunteer, gets a vaccine of his own.
Posted inLocal Voice

Which blessing should we say when we get the Covid vaccine?

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein March 10, 2021
A pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo/JTA-Samuel Corum-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The Jewish prayer for the government came alive for me in a new way yesterday

Rabbi Menachem Creditor by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and JTA January 7, 2021January 8, 2021
Christie Moore getting her first Covid-19 vaccination.
Posted inU.S.

Jewish oncologist reflects on making a bracha on her vaccination

by Shira Feder and JTA January 4, 2021January 5, 2021
Materials used to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, Dec. 21, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inReligion

Which blessing should you say when you get the Covid-19 vaccine? 5 rabbis weigh in.

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 23, 2020
"Thanksgiving at Plymouth" by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, 1925.
Posted inThanksgiving

Thanksgiving was established during an American crisis. Then and now, Judaism teaches us to be grateful.

Rabbi Moshe Hauer by Rabbi Moshe Hauer and JTA November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

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