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Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Why Judaism replaced ritual purity with endless questions

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 1, 2025May 1, 2025
Posted inAround the Bay, Food, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

Why the ‘Garlic Guy’ cleaves to cloves

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 30, 2025June 19, 2025
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles, Columns, Religion, Health, Jewish Life, Seniors

After a friend’s assisted death, I wonder: Is there a ‘right’ way to die?

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 30, 2025April 30, 2025
Posted inAround the Bay, Food, Small Bites, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

Super Mensch, deli with Jewish-inspired cocktails, coming to S.F.’s Marina

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 29, 2025June 19, 2025
Posted inAround the Bay, Food, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

Oakland’s Pomella to close; owner cites costs and Israel war

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 28, 2025June 19, 2025
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Jewish faith isn’t the absence of doubt. It’s the presence of commitment.

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg April 24, 2025April 24, 2025
Posted inFrom the Archives, Around the Bay, Bay Area, Columns, Northern California, California, News

Our digital archive is threatened by state budget cuts

by Sue Fishkoff April 23, 2025April 24, 2025
Posted inFrom the Archives, Columns, Culture, History, Jewish Life

The 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act put ‘Jewish’ labels on visas

by Maya Mirsky April 22, 2025April 28, 2025
Posted inAround the Bay, Food, Small Bites, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

S.F. Jew out on ‘Top Chef’; Bagels in Chronicle’s top 100 restaurants

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 21, 2025April 21, 2025
Posted inColumns, Passover, Religion, Holidays, Jewish Life, Torah

The Exodus transformed us into a people who could make our own choices

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf April 17, 2025April 17, 2025

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