2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (259+ words) A routine trip to the post office turned into a heated encounter for a San Francisco rabbi when another customer verbally attacked him....

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (25+ words) With the midterm elections in November and the Israeli elections next month, leadership is on the minds of many of us on this Rosh Hashanah....

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1071+ words) (JTA) — VILNIUS, Lithuania — At a family reunion in California in 2013, Felicita Trueblood discovered a portal to the past: a binder full of letters from her great-grandfather, a rabbi in Ukraine, from before World War II. As exciting as the discovery…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (759+ words) (JTA) — On Sept. 10, 2001, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that New York’s Central Synagogue was reopening. The Reform synagogue had been closed for three years after a devastating 1998 fire. Hundreds of workers had helped restore the landmark building, at a cost…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (125+ words) This process of teshuvah is hard work, but it is not beyond our reach. Our tradition and our community provide just the support we need....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (39+ words) "Never in my life have I identified as a Christian," she said, "but wherever there is antisemitism, I identify as a Jew."...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (158+ words) Many Americans are moving away from congregations, but not necessarily from religion – movies, plays, art and social media fill the gap....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1209+ words) What makes a large synagogue tick? How does it consistently attract new members? At Temple Isaiah, the largest congregation in the East Bay, the answer points to affinity groups based on age and interest and to intentional relationship-building. The synagogue’s…...