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Posted inReligion

Jews in Berkeley don sackcloth to grieve Palestinian, Israeli lives lost since Oct. 7

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 22, 2024March 22, 2024

Elizheva Hurvich has often spent the weeks leading up to Purim planning an elaborate costume. It’s one of her favorite holidays, and she usually goes all out. Not this year. […]

Wilderness Torah's 2022 Rosh Hashanah seder at Green Valley Farms. (Photo/Julia Maryanska for Wilderness Torah)
Posted inUncategorized

Earth-based groups embrace the Sephardic Rosh Hashanah seder this year

by Dan Pine September 5, 2023September 6, 2023
Activists with the Jewish climate change group Dayenu at a New York City event in April 2021. (Photo/JTA-Gili Getz)
Posted inHolidays

Eco-anxious? Here’s how Judaism can help us face the climate crisis

Rabbi Laura Bellows by Rabbi Laura Bellows January 27, 2023January 27, 2023
A Shabbat service at Urban Adamah in 2017. (Photo/File)
Posted inMusic

Berkeley Jewish music retreat will be ‘a mini university’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 22, 2022August 26, 2022
Participants in a program at Urban Adamah, where Shefa's cannabis retreat will be held. (Photo/Courtesy Urban Adamah)
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Zac Kamenetz, the psychedelic rebbe of Berkeley, seeks applicants for Jewish cannabis retreat

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Helping people invest their money in solutions to climate change

by Dan Pine February 11, 2021
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Sadie’s Babka arrives on the scene with a sweet family story

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
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Posted inBay Area

Covid-19 outbreak at San Quentin spurs Jewish activism, support

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 7, 2020
A Black Lives Matter sign outside the White House during a protest in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing, June 7, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Aurora Samperio-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Over 400 Jewish groups and synagogues sign letter supporting Black Lives Matter

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
The S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund is making changes to its board.
Posted inBay Area

Federation issues $2.4 million in second wave of emergency grants

by Dan Pine May 8, 2020May 12, 2020

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