The group b’nai mitzvah ceremony at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center was the culmination of more than a year of study for the nine participants.
“God is a fan of humanity — not sports teams. He doesn’t choose sides.”
At Makom Shalom, Bay Area Jews are finding their spiritual home outside a traditional synagogue.
The Persian Jewish community in Los Angeles, the largest outside of Israel, has been rallying for regime change in Iran, led by Trump and Netanyahu.
Rabbi Eliyahu Collins is breathing new life into the last active synagogue in Newark, New Jersey.