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R. Elysa Gurman spoke up in support of a housing proposal for unhoused people in her area of Santa Clara at a community meeting, March 1, 2023. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Housing the unhoused: If not now, when? And if not in your neighborhood, where?

by R. Elysa Gurman March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?” This famous quote by Rabbi […]

Rabbi Jeremy Sher leads the Open Shabbat service at the 16th Street BART station in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)

‘Open Shabbat’ welcomes the Sabbath with San Francisco’s unhoused

by Gabe Stutman July 25, 2022November 11, 2023

A sign of solidarity was placed in front of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas.(Photo/Forward-Haya Panjwani)

I let an unhoused man into my synagogue before Colleyville. How will we respond next time?

by Rabbi Joshua Ladon and JTA January 21, 2022January 24, 2022

(Photo/Forward-Montinique Monroe-Getty)

Spending time with unhoused people challenged everything I knew about Sukkot

by Hannah Lebovits and Forward September 24, 2021September 24, 2021