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The Best Jewish Food in San Francisco

A cultivated list of classic and innovative eats in collaboration with The Gefilteria.

National Redemption

The blessings that conclude the Amidah's center section emphasize God's redemption of Israel.

To What is God Similar?

Rabbinic parables explicitly compare God to a variety of human analogues, reflecting the rabbis' subtle, complex, and diverse images of God.

Prayer as Spiritual Practice

Ask most people about their long-term goals for prayer and they often lack even the vocabulary to venture an answer.

An Interview with Dr. Susie Tanchel: The First Out Head of a Jewish Day School

Tanchel was, until recently, the only out head of a Jewish day school in the country.

Kislev & Hanukkah

The connections between the month and the holiday.

Samson

He could kill a lion or topple a temple with his bare hands, but succumbed to the love of a treacherous woman. Many wild traditions circulated about the first Jewish superhero.

A Failed Peddler

An immigrant's memoir of trying to jump on the Jewish-peddler bandwagon

The Science Behind Children’s Spirituality

My 19-month-old daughter loves watching for school buses. She camps out on our couch, eyes eagerly scanning for any sign of yellow, and ...

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