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A scene from this week's Torah portion, "The Gathering of the Manna" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns, Education, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

When a loved one is stressed — about school, wandering in the desert, etc. — just be present

by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan June 20, 2019June 20, 2019
(Photo/Flickr-Paul S.)
Posted inColumns, Analysis, Opinion

Every Q&A period at every Jewish event ever

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA June 17, 2019
Aaron Britt, husband of our parenting columnist Drew Himmelstein, models his dad look, accompanied by sons Nate (left) and Harvey.
Posted inFather's Day, Columns, Kids & Family, Holidays, Jewish Life, Parenting

A Father’s Day confession: I’m way into dad fashion

Aaron Britt by Aaron Britt June 14, 2019June 17, 2019
A mosaic in the synagogue of Enschede, Netherlands, shows the hand signal given by priests when they recite the Priestly Blessing, which is described un Naso, this week's Torah portion. (Photo/Wikimedia-Kleuske CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Sweat the small stuff — or nothing at all

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg June 13, 2019
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston star in the new Netflix comedy "Murder Mystery."
Posted inColumns, Culture, Film, Celebrity Jews, TV, TV & Film

Adam Sandler back on Netflix; CJM pops up in romcom; etc.

by Nate Bloom June 13, 2019
At the new Daily Driver café in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, bagels are boiled and then wood-fired. (Photo/Facebook-Daily Driver)
Posted inFood, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

New S.F. bagel alert! Boiled, then wood-fired at this surgeon’s new Dogpatch café

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 13, 2019September 24, 2019
Three works by Amy Trachtenberg, whose work will be shown at Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco beginning June 14 (Photo/Laura Paull)
Posted inArt & About, Art, Columns, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Summer has landed in the Bay Area, bringing new art with it

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 12, 2019June 12, 2019
Jewlia Eisenberg leads a song at the JeWitch Collective’s “Song of Songs Seder Celebrating Queer Sexuality” in the yurt at Urban Adamah in Berkeley, May 19. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inColumns, Passover, Religion, Jew in the Pew, Holidays, Jewish Life

Magic, sex and blessings at an unconventional seder in Berkeley

by David A.M. Wilensky June 12, 2019June 14, 2019
The imposing facade of a synagogue on Santiago, Chile (Photo/Wikimedia-Ignacio Falcon CC BY 1.0)
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Religion, Mixed & Matched, Jewish Life

My dad is 100% Jewish, but I’m scared to enter a synagogue

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler June 7, 2019June 10, 2019
Service with a smile: Ayal Amzel has been running Yali’s Café in Berkeley for two decades. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inFood, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

20 years of Yali’s Café, a mom-and-pop UC Berkeley mainstay

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 6, 2019September 24, 2019

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