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A police officer in the fictional haredi-run state in the Israeli TV series "Autonomies."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Fiddler’ returns to big screen; ‘Shtisel’ guys do alt-history; Daveed Diggs rides a train; Gal Gadot is Hedy Lamarr; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 8, 2020June 9, 2020
The counter at Toy Boat Dessert Café in San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

After 38 years, gregarious Toy Boat Dessert Café owner sets sail

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 8, 2020June 9, 2020
"Samson Puts Down the Pillars" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Self-flagellation will only get you so far on the path to spiritual growth

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein June 5, 2020June 4, 2020
(From left) Drew Himmelstein's husband, Aaron, and their sons, Harvey and Nate. (Photo/Himmelstein)
Posted inParenting

A lovely return home, but in Maine my kids ran free

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein June 4, 2020
Posted inOff the Shelf

Daughters of Holocaust survivors uncover old stories in new memoirs

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 4, 2020July 8, 2020
A family-size chicken shawarma meal from Lev, a new Middle Eastern food project from the guys behind Wise Sons. (Photo/Courtesy Wise Sons)
Posted inSmall Bites

Wise Sons goes Middle Eastern; Saul’s Deli owners give it another go; ‘Yiddishe’ happy hour

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 2, 2020June 8, 2020
Steve and Jennifer Sarver with their cousin and investor Michael Rubenstein (right) at the opening of the San Francisco Soup Company in 1999. (Photo/Courtesy Steve Sarver)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

A ladle of this, a ladle of that: Soup company pivots to pickup and donating

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 1, 2020June 8, 2020
A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inShavuot

Torah is the water supply that makes Jewish life possible

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg May 28, 2020
James Mackler and supporters; Chattanooga Tennessee. (Photos/JTA-Courtesy; Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inNews

This Jewish combat vet and rabbi’s husband is trying to win a Senate seat in Tennessee

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 28, 2020May 28, 2020
Patti Lupone as Avis Amberg in “Hollywood/” (Photo/Saeed Adyani-Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

In alternate history of ‘Hollywood,’ diverse characters get to act out their ambitions

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

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