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Torah

Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan is expected to run for mayor in 2022. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland City Council’s Rebecca Kaplan preaches Torah, progressive politics

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 18, 2019October 18, 2019
Statue of King David in Copenhagen by F.A. Jerichau
Posted inTorah

The Torah on the importance of holding political leaders to high ethical standards

Rabbi Stacy Friedman by Rabbi Stacy Friedman September 6, 2019September 5, 2019
“Walk only in God’s paths,” says this week’s Torah portion. (Photo/Pixabay)
Posted inColumns

In these trying times, what are we to do? Here’s the Torah’s answer.

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 23, 2019August 22, 2019
Many traditional Shavuot foods, like cheesecake, are hard for lactose-intolerant Jews to digest. (Pixabay)
Posted inShavuot

Shavuot’s dairy treats are a test of intestinal fortitude — but they don’t have to be

Sarah Gold by Sarah Gold June 3, 2019
a vivid painting of a goat in the desert
Posted inTorah

Ready or not, here are (another) Four Questions

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan April 25, 2019
black and white drawing of nadav and avihu being thrown backwards by a flash of light
Posted inTorah

God made the world in seven days — but what happened on the eighth?

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand March 28, 2019
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inTorah

A navigation system for life’s journey

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 7, 2019
Rabbi David Kasher, founder of Kevah, will be back in the Bay Area as one of the teachers of the Pardes fellowship
Posted inEducation

Israel’s Pardes brings fellowship for teachers of Torah to Bay Area

by J. Staff February 26, 2019
"The Holy of Holies" from the 1890 Holman Bible
Posted inColumns

What we can learn from the Temple’s ‘eternal incense’

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon February 14, 2019
"Israel in Egypt" by Edward Poynter, 1867
Posted inTorah

The necessity of developing a sympathetic imagination

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg January 31, 2019February 1, 2019

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