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Fireworks erupt as cars pass by on Marina Boulevard in San Francisco on July 4, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Jewish stars and stripes: Local clergy sew America’s 250th into Shabbat

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb July 2, 2026July 2, 2026

Independence Day will mark a rare convergence of the civic and the sacred as America’s 250th anniversary falls on Shabbat. For at least four Bay Area Jewish clergy, the overlap […]

Detail from "Phinehas slaying Zimri and Cozbi the Midianite"  (circa 1585 to 1645) by Jeremias van Winghe
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The dilemma of Pinchas: When do you teach against the text?

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler July 2, 2026July 2, 2026
A mosaic of Miriam inside the Dormition Church in Jerusalem. (Radbod Commandeur/Photo by Deror Avi/CC BY-SA 3.0)
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The life and legacy of the only woman called a prophet in the Torah

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon June 25, 2026June 25, 2026
Detail from "The Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram" by Gustave Doré, 1865
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Why one leader of Korach’s rebellion survived (hint: thank his wife)

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen June 18, 2026June 18, 2026
Still from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
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Your reaction to encountering the unknown is a choice

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein June 11, 2026June 11, 2026
Painting of Moses from the Torah
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What Moses, the most humble person on Earth, teaches us about leadership

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg June 4, 2026June 4, 2026
The hand gesture made during the Priestly Benediction on an old headstone. (evilgurl via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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What the Priestly Blessing teaches us about reinventing rituals for modern times

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 28, 2026May 28, 2026
The Diwan-i-Khas, or Hall of Private Audience, in Fatehpur Sikri. (Daniel Mennerish via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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A city without water is like a Jew without Torah

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg May 20, 2026May 20, 2026
The Twelve Tribes of Israel camped around the Tabernacle from a 1683 etching by Jan Luyken.
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Tribal flags and summer camp color wars: How God turned us into one people

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf May 14, 2026May 15, 2026
The Liberty Bell (National Parks Service)
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We yearn for permanence, but we are visitors on God’s Earth

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 7, 2026May 7, 2026

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