SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) - What should a synagogue or day school educator say to a Jewish child who talks about helping a non-Jewish grandma decorate the Christmas tree?"What the teacher should not say is, ‘You're not supposed to do that - you're Jewish,'...

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) -- What should a Jewish teacher say to a child who talks about helping grandma decorate the Christmas tree?"What the teacher should not say is, ‘You're not supposed to do that -- you're Jewish,' " says Rachel Glaser, education director...

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) -- It was December 1982, and my kibbutz ulpan had just been invited to light the Hanukkah menorah for the Israeli Knesset. The Israeli army was deep in the heart of Lebanon, the Cold War was raging, talks with the PLO were years away,...

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) -- On Nov. 7, noted Talmud scholar and teacher Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz will formally conclude his Hebrew translation of the Babylonian Talmud, a monumental task that has occupied him for the past 45 years. While he marks the day in a...

OAKLAND, Calif. (JTA) -- Ed Rosenthal has been working to legalize marijuana in California since he moved to the state in 1972. Vindication may finally be at hand for the Bronx-born former hippie. On Nov. 2, California voters will consider Proposition...

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) -- No one tells Pete Seeger what to do. At 91, the iconic folk singer has penned hundreds of protest songs, railing against everything from the Vietnam War to global warming. He was blacklisted in the 1950s, he slept under the stars...

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) -- It took seven years to write and just a few days to sew together, but on Oct. 15 the first Torah scroll written entirely by a group of women was attached to its wooden poles and declared complete. The ceremony was held at Seattle's...