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Rebecca Spence

Rebecca Spence

Rebecca Spence is a freelance writer and editor. She is currently at work on her first novel. www.rebeccaspence.com

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Jewish backstory of sexy cannabis products for women

Rebecca Spence by Rebecca Spence April 13, 2017April 13, 2017

JTA — “We’re triggering the next sexual revolution,” said Mathew Gerson, seated comfortably on the floor of his adobe-style home in Southern California. Gerson, 42, is the creator of Foria […]

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Tall tales: Celebrating four local trees on Tu B’Shevat

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L.A.’s reigning queen of cannabis is a pot doctor to the stars

Rebecca Spence by Rebecca Spence June 19, 2015December 18, 2017
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LeOr aims to put marijuana legalization on the Jewish agenda

Rebecca Spence by Rebecca Spence February 13, 2015December 29, 2016
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‘The Red Tent’ inspired a generation of Jewish feminists

Rebecca Spence by Rebecca Spence December 2, 2014June 19, 2017
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Ilana Kaufman: black, Jewish and challenging ideas about the face of federation

Rebecca Spence by Rebecca Spence December 2, 2014December 29, 2016
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Emma Goldman: Still too hot to handle? U.C. Berkeley set to pull plug on anarchist’s archive

Rebecca Spence by Rebecca Spence October 17, 2014November 13, 2018
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Portrait photographer who mastered the location shot

Rebecca Spence by Rebecca Spence October 17, 2014December 29, 2016
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Author of acclaimed novel coming to Litquake in S.F.

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