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Posted inFood, Recipe, Hanukkah, Holidays, Jewish Life

Make these gluten-free Hanukkah doughnuts in 30 minutes

Micah Siva by Micah Siva December 3, 2025December 3, 2025
Posted inAround the Bay, Hanukkah, Culture, Music, Holidays

25 songs from local musicians to light up your Hanukkah nights

by Lea Loeb December 1, 2025December 10, 2025
Posted inAround the Bay, First Person, Local Voice, Thanksgiving, Holidays, Opinion

For my mixed Jewish-Salvadoran family, Thanksgiving is complicated

by Lea Loeb November 21, 2025November 21, 2025
Posted inAround the Bay, Recipe, Food, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving, Holidays, Jewish Life

Pumpkin fritters for your Thanksgiving and Hanukkah tables

by Faith Kramer November 17, 2025November 18, 2025
Posted inHalloween, From the Archives, Columns, Kids & Family, Religion, Holidays, Jewish Life

Halloween, once a treat for Jews, became a tricky topic in the ’80s and ’90s

by Maya Mirsky October 30, 2025November 2, 2025
Posted inAround the Bay, Columns, Simchat Torah, Religion, Jew in the Pew, Holidays, Jewish Life

Simchat Torah: ‘I need to dance with some Jews ASAP’

by David A.M. Wilensky October 15, 2025October 15, 2025
Posted inPolitics, Israel, World, Simchat Torah, News

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Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer October 13, 2025October 13, 2025
close up of a Berkeley sweatshirt with a yellow ribbon pin and a "Bring Them Home" dog tag worn over it
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Letting go: Jews retire hostage rituals with gratitude and grief

by Andrew Silow-Carroll October 13, 2025October 13, 2025
Posted inAround the Bay, Bay Area, California, Religion, Sukkot, Holidays, Jewish Life, News

Fire-damaged Pasadena shul builds new sukkah with help from East Bay friends

by Grace Gilson October 13, 2025October 15, 2025
a vivid painting of a goat in the desert
Posted inHigh Holidays, Columns, Local Voice, Religion, Yom Kippur, Torah, Opinion

In America, Israel and Gaza today, it always feels like Yom Kippur

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 1, 2025October 3, 2025

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