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Posted inFrom the Archives, Columns, Jewish Life

‘Dedicated to the cause of Judaism’: Years after devastating 1906 quake, Emanu-El rose again

by Maya Mirsky June 7, 2023June 8, 2023
Posted inFood, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

With a $5 ask, Homemade Cafe fights hunger on Berkeley’s streets

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 1, 2023June 8, 2023
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

The priests are gone, but their special prayer still fills me with awe

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon June 1, 2023June 1, 2023
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Mount Sinai’s lessons include a powerful one about Jews of color

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
covers of "We Set the Night on Fire," "Sculpting a Life" and "Workin' for a Livin'"
Posted inBooks, Author! Author!, Culture

New books by local authors dive into music biz, gay history, sci-fi and Jewish theology

by Andrew Esensten May 24, 2023May 25, 2023
Posted inFood, Small Bites, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

‘Drewish’ deli coming to Healdsburg; more bagels on the Bay Area scene

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 24, 2023June 8, 2023
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Horoscopes for Sivan: To change your luck, change your place

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Posted inBooks, Columns, Culture, Off the Shelf

‘Fitful Sleep of Immigrants’: Novel set in S.F. peels back the layers of a gay Jew’s psyche

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 19, 2023May 19, 2023
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Moses required solitude, even though the people resented it

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 19, 2023May 18, 2023
Posted inFrom the Archives, Columns, History, Jewish Life

How the Gold Rush sprinkled Northern California with Jews

by Maya Mirsky May 16, 2023

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