5+ hour, 42+ min ago  (1516+ words) (JTA) " The arson in December at Beth Israel Congregation didn't just damage the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi. It also threw into disarray the operations of a Jewish nonprofit that aims to serve the entire American South. The Goldring/Woldenberg…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (291+ words) Aleph Preschool of Marin, a new school at the Chabad Jewish Center of Novato, opened in September for toddlers 18 months to 3 years, with plans to open a classroom for ages 3 to 5 next year. The preschool is welcoming young children to…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (628+ words) (JTA) " I have spent much of my life living in, traveling to, and learning about Israel. Like many who care deeply about the Jewish state, I hold strong views on the political, social and geopolitical forces that shape its present…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (765+ words) OPINION | Applying Purim to this war is appealing, but dangerous'jweekly.com The Jewish News of Northern California (JTA) " Around me, I see many Jews using the timing in the Jewish calendar to understand the current U.S.-Israel war against Iran in…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1103+ words) Some did so reverently, others triumphantly, and a few with a wink. But as Jews prepared to don costumes and drown out Haman's name with noisemakers, the ancient story of survival in Persia collided with a very modern war in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (804+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California This week's Torah portion, Tetzaveh, is the only Torah portion, from the beginning of Exodus through the end of Deuteronomy, from which Moses is completely absent. Everywhere else in Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus and Deuteronomy,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1089+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California For the last four decades, Sonoma State University's annual lecture series on the Holocaust and genocide has held an important place in Northern California's Jewish community, preserving the legacy of Holocaust victims and educating…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (488+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California (JTA) " An annual festival in Andorra drew condemnation from the country's small Jewish community after an effigy bearing the Israeli flag was staged in a mock trial and then hung and shot. The incident…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (760+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California (JTA) " A Jewish group is preparing to sue to overturn a ban on publicly funded religious charter schools in Oklahoma, after a state board unanimously rejected its proposal on Monday. The Oklahoma Statewide Charter…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (744+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California In 1965, I married a man who called himself a WASA, a white Anglo-Saxon atheist, and I drifted away from the Jewish community." I was raised in a nonobservant home, so marrying outside the faith…...