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Torah

In a 1902 painting, Moses addresses Pharaoh before his court
Posted inTorah

Overturning an unjust regime? This week’s Torah portion has a lot to say.

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg January 10, 2019
“Jacob’s Body Is Taken to Canaan” by James Tissot, 1902
Posted inTorah

Hoping through the tears as a new year dawns

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon December 20, 2018December 20, 2018
Illustration by Owen Jones from "The History of Joseph and His Brethren," 1869
Posted inTorah

Dreaming makes the world a better place

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen November 29, 2018November 29, 2018
What are these dots about?
Posted inTorah

These tiny dots are a huge Torah mystery

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider November 23, 2018November 21, 2018
Alter, smiling, seated in a sunlit office full of books
Posted inReligion

Robert Alter’s epic, literary one-man Bible

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 15, 2018July 5, 2024
"Abraham's Counsel to Sarai" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inUncategorized

The trials of Sarah (and her husband, Abraham)

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 18, 2018October 18, 2018
"The Tower of Babel" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563
Posted inTorah

Tower of Babel: What is gained and lost in translation?

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau October 11, 2018October 12, 2018
array of vibrantly colored cauliflowers in green, yellow and purple
Posted inJewish Life

A rainbow in the Torah, and on your Shabbat dinner table

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer October 11, 2018October 11, 2018
“Moses and the Ten Commandments,” engraving by H. Martin, ca. 1850
Posted inColumns

A great leader in life stays with us after death

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand September 20, 2018September 20, 2018
Rabbi Zelig Golden, founding director of Wilderness Torah, clutches the organization‘s new Torah scroll, posing with the Wilderness Torah staff. (Photo/Julia Maryanska)
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Finally, a Torah for Wilderness Torah, thanks to dying synagogue

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 5, 2018September 5, 2018

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