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a snowplow plowing through snow
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

Helicopter parenting, snowplow parenting — we’re doing our best

by Julie Levine April 23, 2019
A 19th-century Ukrainian art print of a family seder
Posted inColumns, Passover, Religion, Holidays, Jewish Life, Torah

On Passover, remembering the past means imagining the future

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg April 18, 2019
a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inLifecycles, Community, Columns, Kids & Family, Religion, Mixed & Matched, Jewish Life

Readers offer alternatives for 11-year-old who wants bat mitzvah, but would be starting from scratch

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler April 16, 2019
Firefly chef-owner Brad Levy in the kitchen with his chef de cuisine, Haley Sausner (Photo/Courtesy Brad Levy)
Posted inFood, Columns, Passover, Holidays, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

Firefly chef Brad Levy’s family food tales — and his 2019 Passover menu

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 16, 2019September 24, 2019
Screenshot from "Prince of Egypt," as Moses begins to feel pangs of empathy for Hebrew slaves
Posted inLocal Voice, Passover, Religion, Holidays, Jewish Life, Torah, Opinion

Passover is a time to practice empathy for ‘the stranger’ among us

Rabbi Lavey Derby by Rabbi Lavey Derby April 15, 2019April 15, 2019
Screenshot from the documentary "Ask Dr. Ruth," which is showing at the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival
Posted inColumns, Culture, Celebrity Jews, Music, TV, TV & Film

Dr. Ruth documentary comes to SFIFF; big honor for Jewish jazz pianist; and… something about Bob Fosse?

by Nate Bloom April 15, 2019April 16, 2019
(From left) Sima Canoush on her mother's lap, Jilla Ehsanipour's Passover stew, Frina Nemchenok, Daniella Salzman's vegan-friendly seder plate
Posted inFood, Columns, Passover, Holidays, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

4 families’ Passover foods from Iran, Iraq, Latvia — and the East Bay

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 12, 2019September 24, 2019
Craig Stoll, chef-owner of Delfina, with his wife Annie Stoll
Posted inFood, Columns, Passover, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

Delfina chef Craig Stoll shares secret of his family’s nutty matzah balls

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 11, 2019September 24, 2019
Screenshot from "Period. End of Sentence.," a documentary about women in rural India
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Women must be free from stigma. Period.

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon April 11, 2019
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Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

The consequences of unwanted advice to new moms

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein April 10, 2019

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