Mount Sinai’s lessons include a powerful one about Jews of color By Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 25, 2023 The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Shavuot Duet. 14:22-16:17, Numbers 18:26-31 I love studying midrashim about what happened at Mount Sinai. The rabbinic imagination leaps in many wonderful directions to describe this central event in our life as a people. One midrash captured my attention this… Read More
Author! Author! New books by local authors cover music biz, gay history and more “Zieglitz’s Blessing” By Michael Goldberg (Cascade Books, 208 pages) Ricky Zieglitz is studying for his bar mitzvah when his family is rocked by tragedy —… By Andrew Esensten May 24, 2023
Small Bites ‘Drewish’ deli coming to Healdsburg; more Bay Area bagels The Jewish delis keep on coming. This summer, Healdsburg will take its place alongside other Bay Area communities with their own Jewish deli. Sonoma… By Alix Wall May 24, 2023
Astrolojew Horoscopes for Sivan: To change your luck, change your place Sivan 5783 May 21-June 19, 2023 The month of Sivan and the season of travel is upon us! Sivan’s tribal ruler, Zevulon, traversed the shores, inlets,… By Lorelai Kude May 23, 2023
Off the Shelf Novel set in S.F. peels back the layers of a gay Jew’s psyche Set in San Francisco, “The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants” by Orlando Ortega-Medina is striking because the author manages to pack so many elements into a… By Howard Freedman May 19, 2023
Torah Moses required solitude, even though the people resented it The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Bamidbar Numbers 1:1–4:20 At this point in the… By Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 19, 2023
From the Archives How the Gold Rush sprinkled Northern California with Jews In J.’s current print issue, we profile the growing Jewish community of Lake Tahoe, tucked among fragrant rows of pines and, at times, immense drifts of… By Maya Mirsky May 16, 2023
Organic Epicure Cheddar babka? Tomatillo zhug? A California twist on Jewish food Chef Spencer Horovitz has been busy making a name for himself by cooking at some of the Bay Area’s buzziest restaurants, but he first caught my eye last… By Alix Wall May 15, 2023
Torah We Jews cannot look away from the ugly parts of our past The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Behar–Bechukotai Leviticus 25:1–27:34… By Rabbi George Altshuler May 12, 2023