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synagogues

illustration of the front of a beige building with an entrance on the right
Posted inNews

Renovation of historic S.F. synagogue slowed but not halted

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 15, 2020July 16, 2020
a large room with four men in it praying very far apart
Posted inCalifornia

Synagogues ordered closed again in California as Covid cases rise

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA July 15, 2020July 15, 2020
Rabbi Mark Bloom streams a live Shabbat service from Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, May 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inNews

Synagogues begin sketching out plans for post-quarantine reopening

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Synagogue in Mád, Hungary (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inOpinion

Today, we’re mourning the loss of our social spaces. Tomorrow, let’s redesign them.

Hannah Lebovits by Hannah Lebovits May 5, 2020May 5, 2020
a row of men sitting in synagogue wearing kippahs, seen from the back
Posted inMixed & Matched

Does the perfect synagogue exist? In a word: no

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler August 8, 2019August 8, 2019
(From left) the four members of Temple Mishkan Israel in Selma, Alabama: Hanna Berger, Ronnie Leet, Joanie Gibian Looney and Charles Pollack — stand in front of the Torah ark. (Photo/JTA-Amy Milligan)
Posted inU.S.

Selma’s only synagogue has 4 members — but they have a plan for the future

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales July 8, 2019July 8, 2019
Karen Galatz and great-nephew Ryan visit New York City
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

At the storied Eldridge Street Synagogue, my nephew is a minyan-making hero

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz January 29, 2019February 1, 2019
Temple Israel on Madison and Willow streets in Stockton, undated (Photo/Courtesy Western States Jewish History Association)
Posted inPhotography

Overflowing with photos of California’s oldest synagogues

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 16, 2018August 17, 2018
Beth Singer (left) with her sisters Amy (center) and Lori (right), who has schizophrenia
Posted inUncategorized

We need to start talking about mental illness in our synagogues

Rabbi Beth Singer by Rabbi Beth Singer May 16, 2018May 17, 2018
Drew Himmelstein misses her old synagogue — where she didn't feel hidden away at "family programming." (Photo/file)
Posted inColumns

On shul-shopping with kids. Why silo us off into ‘family programming’?

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein February 7, 2018February 8, 2018

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