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Rep. Eliot Engel, Lindsey Boylan, Allison Fine, Rep. Nita Lowey (Photo/Getty Images-Wikimedia Commons-JTA Montage)
Posted inThe Tell

Inside 3 New York-area congressional races where AOC-like newcomers want to replace Jewish veterans

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 22, 2020May 28, 2020
"Shavout" by Moritz Daniel Oppeneheim, 1880
Posted inTorah

Making things count as we re-emerge into the outside world

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen May 22, 2020May 21, 2020
Jeffrey Weinberg, chef/owner of JW Catering and The Marvelous Matzah Experiment. (Photo/Courtesy Weinberg)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Schmaltz and Marvelous Matzah: New Jewish comfort food enters growing Bay Area Jewish food scene

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 19, 2020May 26, 2020
Covenant Winery co-owner Jeff Morgan (right) with his Israel-based winemaker Ari Erle in Covenant's syrah vineyard in the northern Galilee. (Photo/Courtesy Covenant Winery)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Que syrah, syrah? Local kosher wineries struggle through shutdown

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 15, 2020May 26, 2020
Bar Kochba-era coins found in Jerusalem. (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inTorah

In these times, acknowledge the bad, but don’t neglect the good

Maharat Victoria Sutton by Maharat Victoria Sutton May 15, 2020May 14, 2020
Attorney General William Barr; Michael Flynn, former National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump. (Photos/JTA-Aaron P. Bernstein; JTA-Brendan Smialowski-AFP both via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

The Trump scandals, season finale

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 14, 2020May 28, 2020
Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen co-founder Evan Bloom at Wise Sons' bagel shop in the Marin Country Mart in Larkspur. (Photo/Maren Caruso)
Posted inJewish Life

Local culinary experts join ‘Great Big Jewish Food Fest’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
Reuben Friedman (right) with his father, Brad Friedman (left) and a sibling during his March 19, 2020, Zoom bar mitzvah. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Friedman)
Posted inMixed & Matched

My son’s bar mitzvah has to be postponed due to Covid-19. What should I do?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler May 12, 2020
Chef Beth Needelman of Schmaltz. (Photo/Courtesy Needelman)
Posted inSmall Bites

New source of Jewish comfort food in SF (plus some new babka in Oakland)

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 11, 2020May 12, 2020
Taika Waititi accepts the Best Adapted Screenplay award for "Jojo Rabbit" onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Winter-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Waititi to direct a Star Wars movie; Seth Rogen in a ‘Pickle’; Beanie Feldstein’s big role; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 11, 2020May 13, 2020

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