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A smiling bald man with a mustache leans with his arms crossed on a large display of wine and other products
Posted inFood, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

A quiet oasis of Persian Jewish cuisine in the East Bay

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 21, 2018September 24, 2019
(Illustration/Nosher-Aly Miller)
Posted inFood, Small Bites, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

A guide to Jewish food in the Bay; two big food milestones

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 20, 2018September 24, 2019
“Jacob’s Body Is Taken to Canaan” by James Tissot, 1902
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Hoping through the tears as a new year dawns

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon December 20, 2018December 20, 2018
The 10 adults who became b’nai mitzvah at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette on Dec. 8, along with Rabbi Alissa Miller (bottom left), Cantor Leigh Korn (top left) and Rabbi Jay LeVine (top right) (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jew in the Pew, Jewish Life

Called to the Torah for the first time — as adults

by David A.M. Wilensky December 19, 2018December 19, 2018
two hands pry into a steaming-hot pita
Posted inBooks, Columns, Culture, Off the Shelf

The best Jewish books of 2018: feminism, seltzer, race and beyond

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 19, 2018January 9, 2019
a teen in a reindeer sweater holding a menorah
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles, Christmas, Hanukkah, Columns, Kids & Family, Holidays, Jewish Life

Dreidels and reindeer — let me love ’em both

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz December 19, 2018
people in kippot embrace during a memorial event
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

Why is the Pittsburgh shooting still affecting me?

by Julie Levine December 14, 2018
Offerings at Babka by Ayélet in Palo Alto
Posted inFood, Small Bites, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

New Babka joint in Palo Alto! Kosher Chinese in S.F. closed?

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 14, 2018September 24, 2019
Detail from “Jacob and Rachel at the Well” by James Tissot, 1899
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Joseph and Benjamin had two mommies

by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan December 13, 2018
Weisz in an ornate period costume takes aim with a pistol and grave expression
Posted inColumns, Culture, Film, Celebrity Jews, Music, TV, TV & Film

Rachel Weisz up for Golden Globe! Philip Glass goes to Kennedy Center! Puppies!

by Nate Bloom December 12, 2018December 12, 2018

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