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The imperative to welcome the stranger comes from one of the earliest stories in Scripture. Its never been easy.

As Hanukkah nears its end, local leaders gathered in Salt Lake City to raise awareness and understanding of multiple minority groups.

The Anti-Defamation League documented three instances of anti-Semitism in Missouri in recent months, including two in Kansas City.

As Rabbi Tracee Rosen was unloading boxes after arriving in Arizona in 2010, her new neighbor informed her that a local Reform congregation, Temple Gan Elohim, was looking for a rabbi. She and her family had relocated to Greater Phoenix to be closer to her mother-in-law, moving from Salt Lake City, where she served for six years as the rabbi of Utah’s largest synagogue. Her family attended Shabbat services there that Friday night and soon after, Rosen accepted an offer to become the congre...

An unabashed activist, the Rev. Tom Goldsmith battled for the climate, immigrants and LGBTQ individuals and against nukes and the LDS Church’s Main Street Plaza.

The Rev. Tom Goldsmith, longtime pastor at Salt Lake City's First Unitarian Church who became a minister of sorts to Utah's political left, is retiring.

Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. Max Rodrigues Garcia Max Rodrigues Garcia Our father, Max Rodrigues Garcia, came to the United States with only hopes and dreams after surviving nearly three years as a prisoner within the Holocaust. He ultimately lived the “American Dream” and with our mother, Pat (1927-2002), they passed those hopes and dreams to us, David (1957), Tania (1960) ...

Rabbis Grapple with Funerals and Sitting Shivah During COVID-19 Update: This article has been updated following the Los Angeles County Department of Health’s more stringent rules announced the night of March 21. Under  previous orders, groups of up to 10 were allowed to gather. Now no gatherings will be allowed. Valley Beth Shalom Rabbi Ed Feinstein has officiated at four funerals since California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s orders on March 15 in the wake of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak...

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