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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The summer is a time where we can hit the ground running in terms of our knowledge of Elul and the Yomim Tovim.  Below is a study

On Friday evening June 23, Adath Israel held their first Pride Shabbat. More than 200 congregants attended a special service, dinner, and celebration that focused on diversity and inclusion. The theme of the evening was Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv is known as one of the most welcoming cities for the LGBTQIA+ community. Tel Aviv also holds one of the largest Pride parades in the world.  Natalie Wolf, Adath Israel’s President, said, “It makes me feel so good that Adath Israel is showing its pride and ...

To be a Jew means to care deeply and passionately about everything — from the spot on the new carpet to the stance in which to sing Shema, from your

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The Song at the Sea is one of the oldest poems in Torah, and its beauty in the scroll is like nothing else. Some see brickwork, an echo of the labors of slavery. Some see waves rolling in and receding,...

From the blog of Sharona Margolin Halickman at The Times of Israel

BJ Borris came to Phoenix’s Temple Chai on Oct. 29 prepared to dance.

Prominent Jews of color in Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and New York melded the year-old federal holiday of Juneteenth with Friday night Shabbat traditions to highlight freedom struggles and the value of working towards inclusion.

Jews of color lead gatherings in Atlanta, New York and Washington, D.C.

The new album “Shabbat in The Kitchen” is a sumptuously produced compilation of music from The Kitchen, an independent Jewish congregation in San Francisco.