• News
    • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • TV & Film
    • Books
    • Music
    • Art
    • On Stage
  • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
    • Editorials
  • Jewish Life
    • Jewish Life
    • Community
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Donate
    • Newsletter
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
  • Subscribe to our Newsletter

      • Archives
      • Readers’ Choice 2022
      • Jewish Resource Guide
      • Subscribe
        • Subscribe to J. Print
        • Sign up for newsletters from J.
        • Renew Subscription
      • Contact
        • Contact J.
        • Change of address
        • Renew Subscription
        • Advertise

      The Jewish News

      of Northern California

      • Readers’ Choice 2022
      • Subscribe
        • Subscribe to J. — in Print
        • Change of address
        • Renew Subscription
        • Sign up for newsletters from J.
      • Contact
      • About
      • News
        • Bay Area
        • U.S.
        • Israel
        • World
      • Culture
        • TV & Film
        • Books
        • Music
        • Art
        • On Stage
      • Opinion
        • Opinion
        • Columns
        • Letters
      • Jewish Life
        • Community
        • Lifecycles
        • Obituaries
        • Food
        • Religion
        • Education
        • Kids & Family
        • Seniors
        • Philanthropy
      • Calendar
      • Archives
      • Jewish Resource Guide
      • DONATE
        • Donors
      • Newsletter
      • Facebook
      • Twitter
      • Instagram
      Edmon Rodman

      Edmon J. Rodman

      Edmon J. Rodman writes about Jewish life from his home in Los Angeles and is the author of the weekly Guide for the Jewplexed on virtualjerusalem.com. Contact him at [email protected].

      Recent Stories

      Jun 26, 2017

      ‘Merchant of Venice’: a play for our time?

      Apr 6, 2017

      Seder leaders: Laid back or dictator?

      Feb 24, 2017

      Cemetery vandalism has us spooked

      Feb 3, 2017

      Nazi escapee children for Muslim refugee children

      Dec 23, 2016

      I light my menorah in the window and you should, too

      Oct 7, 2016

      Atoning for our online sins of spreading false speech

      Jun 10, 2016

      On Shavuot, who (or what) will get the first fruits

      Mar 18, 2016

      Purim | A license to drink on Purim and Election Day

      Dec 1, 2015

      Light One Candle then let it go out

      Nov 20, 2015

      Thanksgiving | Giving thanks for a fight-free family feast

      Sep 25, 2015

      Sukkot in a drought: a withering proposition

      Jul 24, 2015

      Plutos got heart its a Jewish kind of place

      Apr 2, 2015

      Passover | A simple sons lessons from the kids end of the seder table

      Jan 30, 2015

      The column | Listen to your tree, and it will tell you what to do

      Dec 13, 2014

      Hanukkah | Toeing the gelt line keeps family together

      Nov 21, 2014

      At holiday time, making a leapto feed the needy

      Oct 3, 2014

      Lunar eclipse on Sukkot: A sign of something major

      Sep 19, 2014

      Rosh hashanah | Mighty things happen when the shofar makes house calls

      Apr 11, 2014

      Humor | An SOS from my OS seder run wild

      Mar 21, 2014

      Humor | Threat of hummus ban on campus gets into sticky territory

      Next Page

      Subscribe to our Newsletter

          Most Popular

          • 1Shooting rattles Russian Jewish center in San Francisco
          • 2Anti-Zionist Jewish activists claim credit for latest billboard defacement
          • 3Israeli baker’s babkas are selling like hotcakes in Napa
          • 4'You People' is an unfunny step back for Black-Jewish relations
          • 5What does the Black-Jewish alliance look like in 2023? In a word, messy
          • Readers’ Choice 2022
          • About
          • Contact/Submissions
          • Careers at J.
          • Advertise
          • Subscribe
          • Terms of Use
          • Facebook
          • Twitter
          • Instagram