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Ask a Jew: Can a woman become a rabbi if her mother is not Jewish?

If a particular denomination allows women to be rabbis, and a particular woman meets that denomination’s definition of Jewish identity, then she can be a rabbi once she completes all the requisite training.

Ask a Jew: What do Jews think of Christianity, whose followers worship a Jew?

Many Jews I’ve met are amused at the fact that Christians worship a Jew.

Ask a Jew: What do the different sects of Judaism disagree about?

there are a lot of differences between the branches of Judaism

Holocaust Survivor to Speak June 4

On Monday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m., 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Nissan Krakinowski will be speaking at the Spokane Convention Center. The event is organized...

Gonzaga Bulldogs, rabbi, lead Passover Seder for Zags

Rabbi Elizabeth Goldstein, an associate professor in religious studies at Gonzaga University, and the Jewish Bulldogs hosted a Passover Seder Wednesday night at the Globe room in Cataldo Hall where attendees not only received a meal, but also a lesson on it, its traditions and what each food and practice symbolized as people engaged in discussion and song. 

Ask A Jew: Will my child be accepted into a Jewish community? Will I?

If a child’s mother is Jewish, the vast majority of Jewish communities will accept that child as Jewish. If a child’s father is Jewish but the mother is not, then Reform and Reconstructionist congregations, and other Jewish progressive communities (Renewal, Humanistic, etc.), will accept the child as Jewish if he or she is being raised Jewish.

Hiding—You Keep Using That Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

“You can’t live your life in hiding.” That was said to me after I expressed concern about safety regarding a Jewish organization.

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