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Posted inFrom the Archives, Columns, History, Jewish Life

50 years ago: A debate over whether Jews were ‘ethnic’ enough for ethnic studies

by Maya Mirsky September 30, 2024September 30, 2024
a man points to a can of beans with the text "Extra Flavor! Extra Value! In these kosher beans"
Posted inHigh Holidays, From the Archives, Food, Columns, Rosh Hashanah, Jewish Life

Sardines and lungs for Rosh Hashanah? How our pages have reflected changing palates

by Maya Mirsky September 27, 2024September 27, 2024
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Extreme, self-imposed pressure almost always leads to a breaking point

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler September 26, 2024September 26, 2024
two babkas, one labeled "chocolate babka" and one labeled "the lesser babka"
Posted inFood, Small Bites, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

Learn to bake ‘Challah for Kamala’; Gold Rush Cookie Co. goes kosher

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 24, 2024September 24, 2024
Posted inHigh Holidays, Food, Recipe, Rosh Hashanah, Kids & Family, Holidays, Jewish Life, Parenting

Babies can’t eat honey, but I’m still cooking up a sweet Jewish New Year for mine

Micah Siva by Micah Siva September 23, 2024September 10, 2025
"The Songs of Joy" by James Tissot, showing Miriam and the other Israelite women singing after crossing the Red Sea
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

It takes immense courage to feel joy amid the darkness since Oct. 7

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
Posted inFood, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

Sephardic Shabbat dinners are drawing a young crowd to S.F. synagogue

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 18, 2024September 19, 2024
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

How the Torah addresses the atrocities of war, especially against women

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen September 12, 2024September 12, 2024
Posted inBooks, Columns, Culture, Off the Shelf

Mother and motherland face neglect in Israeli writer Lihi Lapid’s ‘On Her Own’

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman September 11, 2024November 21, 2024
Posted inFood, Recipe, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

Check out this local caterer’s Sephardic dishes for Rosh Hashanah

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 11, 2024September 17, 2024

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