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Ava Sayaka Rosen's tarot cards on display at the LABAlive event, Nov. 7, 2021.
Posted inReligion

Pick a card, or let it pick you: Oakland artist Ava Sakaya Rosen’s Torah-inspired tarot deck 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 3, 2021December 3, 2021

A forest fire, racing up a mountain. A tortoise, deep inside the earth. A dark sea, rough on the surface and still beneath it. These images, carved on blocks and […]

An Israeli postage stamp from 1961 depicts Cancer, the sign of the Hebrew month of Tammuz. The Hebrew text reads "Mazal Sartan — the sign of Cancer" and "Chodesh Tammuz — the month of Tammuz." (Photo/Flickr-karen horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
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Horoscopes for month of Tammuz: Homing in on the living waters

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude June 10, 2021
"Shavout" by Moritz Daniel Oppeneheim, 1880
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Month of Sivan: This summer, let truth be your shield

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude May 12, 2021
Ram Dass, right, born Richard Albert, with his friend Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. (Joan Halifax/Wikimedia Commons)
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Discovering Ram Dass the Jew

Rabbi Zac Kamenetz by Rabbi Zac Kamenetz December 24, 2019
Rabbi Sara Shendelman with a lulav and etrog grown at her house (and at the park across the street) (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Getting creative and hyperlocal with your lulav and etrog

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 15, 2019October 16, 2019
At The Well brings circles of women together around Rosh Hodesh, the start of the new Jewish month, to connect with each other and tradition. (Photo/Sophie Pechner)
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Monthly gatherings connect women with sacred cycles, and each other

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz September 4, 2018September 4, 2018
Estelle Frankel and her new book, "The Wisdom of Not Knowing"
Posted inBooks, Culture, Jewish Life

Don’t be afraid of the unknown, Berkeley psychotherapist says

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 1, 2017March 2, 2017
a group of people stand in a line in front of a banner that says "changing roles of jewish clergy"
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Four Bay Area residents among new Aleph spiritual directors

by Perry Fein January 31, 2017February 1, 2017

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