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Yom Kippur

Cantor Toby Glaser rehearses a prerecorded High Holiday service at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Aug. 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inJewish Life

Prerecorded services, backyard worship, a drive-in: finding new ways to uphold tradition this High Holiday season

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
People mill around in a brightly lit sanctuary
Posted inReligion

The pandemic’s first High Holiday season has synagogues wondering: Will people pay dues?

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 31, 2020
(Photo/JTA-Ariel Skelley-Getty Images)
Posted inParenting

A working parent’s Yom Kippur apology

by Shira Zemel and JTA October 7, 2019October 7, 2019
A protest in front the S.F. office of ICE the day before Yom Kippur, organized by Binya Koatz (right) (Photo/Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb-Facebook)
Posted inNews

‘The fast I desire’: marking Yom Kippur with political protest

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 21, 2018September 21, 2018
A group of Reform Jews reading Torah during a mixed prayer at the public square in front of the Western Wall, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Noam Rivkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Israel-diaspora rift isn’t as bad as you think. Here’s how to fix it this Yom Kippur.

Shuki Friedman by Shuki Friedman September 17, 2018September 17, 2018
(Photo/Wikimedia-David Illif CC-BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inColumns

My Christian boyfriend loves Yom Kippur

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler September 14, 2018
Libra is this month's ruling sign. Pictured: the constellation Libra as depicted on an astrological chart published in London in 1824
Posted inAstrolojew

How will you fare during Tishrei, birth month of the world?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude September 12, 2018September 17, 2018
Rabbi James Brandt
Posted inLetters

Roth’s ‘Plot’; a great cantor; dear leaders, save East Bay Jewish life!

by J. Readers September 6, 2018September 12, 2018
(Photo/Flickr-sue seecof CC BY 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Rosh Hashanah resolution: The to-do list can wait.

by Julie Levine September 6, 2018
(Illustration/JTA-Charles Dunst; Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Join the High Holidays prep renaissance. All you need is the internet.

Wendie Bernstein LashLex RofebergEstee Solomon Gray by Wendie Bernstein Lash, Rabbi Lex Rofeberg and Estee Solomon Gray September 4, 2018September 4, 2018

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