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A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inTorah

Shifting focus from everyday anxieties opens us to encounters with God

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg January 21, 2022January 20, 2022
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 lit menorah
Posted inTorah

Why the ‘light’ Hanukkah story especially resonates in the darkness of today

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 3, 2021December 2, 2021
Scribe Kevin Hale restores Torahs with the Memorial Scrolls Trust. (Photo/Commandment 613)
Posted inNews

This 271-year-old Torah survived the Holocaust. Now it’s headed for a new home in Petaluma.

by Eliyahu Kamisher November 29, 2021
“Joseph Sold Into Egypt” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Can we ever truly ‘settle’ down? For Jacob, the challenges never end.

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein November 26, 2021November 22, 2021
"Jacob Wrestling with the Angel" Gustave Doré, 1855
Posted inTorah

Are you like Jacob — wrestling to understand things?

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf November 19, 2021November 18, 2021
"Jacob Deceives Isaac" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

Jacob lies to his dad — so why does our tradition call him a ‘Man of Truth’?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen November 5, 2021November 4, 2021
"The Burial of Sarah" by Gustave Dore
Posted inTorah

The death of Sarah is the Torah at its most relatable

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 29, 2021October 28, 2021
"Abraham and the Three Angels" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

How do we offer hospitality in this day and age? 

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 22, 2021October 22, 2021
A house just outside St. Helena, Napa County, burns in the Glass Fire, Sept. 29, 2020. (Photo/Napa County Sheriff)
Posted inTorah

A radiant world — or a planet on fire?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 15, 2021October 14, 2021

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