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Abby Chava Stein, author of "Becoming Eve." (JTA/Debra Nussbaum Cohen)
Posted inOff the Shelf

Leaving Orthodoxy: personal stories of gender and Hasidism

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 20, 2020February 20, 2020
a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inMixed & Matched

How do I deal with my tween’s resistance to having a bat mitzvah?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler February 19, 2020February 19, 2020
Katz Bagels in the Mission District has been forcibly closed by the S.F. Health Department. (Photo/Flickr-gazeronly CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inSmall Bites

Katz Bagels closing next month after 27 years

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 18, 2020February 19, 2020
Mario Vasquez, executive chef and owner of Metropolitan Catering. (Courtesy Mario Vasquez)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

L’Chaim kosher sushi on a new roll with change of ownership

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 18, 2020February 19, 2020
A young David Golovin, chef of Dear Inga, with his Oma Inge
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Eastern European comfort food comes to the Mission, by way of chef’s ‘oma’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 14, 2020February 19, 2020
Background: 2018 AIPAC Conference (JTA/Haim Zach/GPO); Foreground: Rep. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn. (JTA/Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Posted inU.S.

AIPAC is coming, but no one knows who’s speaking

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 14, 2020
Cantor Jack Mendelson in "A Cantor's Head"
Posted inJew in the Pew

A master of synagogue music finds his style and career fading in touching documentary

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 14, 2020August 17, 2021
A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inTorah

Lessons from the Altar — keep moving forward

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen February 14, 2020February 13, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and wife Jane outside a polling station in Manchester, N.H., Feb. 11, 2020. (JTA/Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Will America elect a Jewish president in 2020? Sanders’ and Bloomberg’s paths to victory run through California.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 13, 2020February 13, 2020
Ayélet Turgeman Nuchi in her Palo Alto shop
Posted inSmall Bites

Babka-only bakery forced to close after dispute with landlord

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 10, 2020February 19, 2020

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