Here in California, we continue living under shelter-in-place orders. It’s gone on for so long, I’m beginning to forget what not sheltering-in-place feels like! I’ve covered my “good” clothes with tissue paper, so they won’t get dusty and periodically I dust my unworn shoes, which do get dusty! My hair is so unruly, I look…
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Small Bites
VP Harris, this cone’s for you; kosher bakery in trouble; etc.
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Smitten, the San Francisco ice cream company owned by Robyn Sue Fisher,…
Torah
Being there for someone means imagining what it’s like to be them
The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Bo Exodus 10:1–13:16 At the center of the…
Celebrity Jews
Zach Braff nominates himself to play Jon Ossoff on SNL
Dr. Ruth at the vanguard Irrepressible 92-year-old sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer is one of those who has received a Covid vaccine in her hometown of…
Small Bites
Square Pie Guys bringing funny-shaped pizza to Oakland
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. While many restaurants and food businesses have struggled to stay afloat…
Mixed & Matched
Does this DNA test mean I’m Jewish?
Dear Dawn: My uncle recently had his DNA tested, and it turns out that we are from Jewish lineage. I had always wondered because my mother’s…
Astrolojew
Month of Shevat: You’ll get by with a little help from your friends
Shevat 5781 Jan. 14-Feb. 11, 2021 The doorway to the Aquarian Age swung open at the Jupiter/Tzedek conjunction to Saturn/Shabbatai on Tekufah Tevet, the…
Organic Epicure
Director of food incubator for women of color will stick around a little longer
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. 2020 was supposed to be Caleb Zigas’ last year as executive director of…
Off the Shelf
Two new books burrow into Yiddish and the ‘language of thieves’
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. As languages have lives of their own, with arcs that dwarf the…