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Sefaria

Rabbanit Jenna Englender dances with the Torah during her graduation ceremony from Yeshivat Maharat in New York, June 17, 2019. (Photo/JTA - Shulamit Seidler-Feller - Maharat)
Posted inReligion

Men have dominated Jewish texts for most of history. These women are trying to change that.

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

When Danielle Kranjec committed to using only Jewish texts written by women and queer people in the classes she taught for Hillel International’s Springboard Fellowship, a program that places recent […]

two screenshots from sefaria. one shows a page of talmud sanhedrin, the other shows the beginning of the US constitution.
Posted inReligion

After digitizing the Talmud, Sefaria seeks to do the same to democracy

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA July 14, 2020July 14, 2020
The cover of the first issue of Captain America, published in 1941, famously features Captain America giving Hitler what for.
Posted inJew in the Pew

Is it permitted to punch a Nazi? Consult the internet Talmud.

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 21, 2020August 17, 2022
a black woman in glasses and a white shirt with a determined expression
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Four local Jews on annual ‘Forward 50’ list

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 24, 2019December 24, 2019
One of four Torah emojis suggested by online Jewish library Sefaria
Posted inTech

The bagel is fine, but is it time for more Jewish emojis?

by JTA and J. Staff May 28, 2019May 28, 2019
At the March 2019 Jewish Funders Network conference in San Francisco, (from left) Joshua Foer, Lucy Bernholz and Rabbi David Wolpe discuss the potential impact of technology on giving. (Photo/Stuart Locklear Photography)
Posted inTech

How donors can get up to speed in the digital age

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld March 21, 2019March 22, 2019

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