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seen from behind, two women walk on either side of a little girl, both holding the girl's hands
Posted inParenting

I couldn’t have done it without my fellow moms

by Julie Levine January 7, 2020January 7, 2020
Liz Ashby of Paulie's Pickling in 2017. (Alix Wall)
Posted inJewish Life

Paulie’s Pickling closes up shop

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 3, 2020January 8, 2020
People gather in front of the Monsey house of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg, the site of an attack at a Hanukkah party by a machete-wielding man, Dec. 29, 2019. (JTA/Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
Posted inThe Tell

How to fight anti-Semitism in 2020; and other tidbits from the week’s political news

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 3, 2020
(Pixabay CC0)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

With my lie, I fell into a ‘ring’ of fire for 4 years

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz January 2, 2020January 7, 2020
Gidi (aka Capricorn) as drawn in a 1322 German Shavuot prayer book
Posted inAstrolojew

Month of Tevet: Growing up and getting real

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude January 2, 2020January 17, 2020
Joe Biden, left, listens as Sen. Bernie Sanders makes a point during the Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta, Nov. 20, 2019. (JTA/Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Posted inThe Tell

This year in Jewish politics was bananas

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 30, 2019
Daniel Azarkman drinking rose at his wine bar, El Lopo. (Andrew Curry)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Spain and California find common ground at El Lopo wine bar

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 27, 2019
a lit menorah in a window
Posted inTorah

How will we bring a little extra light into the world this Hanukkah?

Rabbi Stacy Friedman by Rabbi Stacy Friedman December 26, 2019December 24, 2019
Julie Levine's son.
Posted inParenting

Lessons learned when I was pregnant and fate dealt me a scary hand

by Julie Levine December 23, 2019
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) (JTA/Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Posted inThe Tell

The impeachment chronicles, and more from the week’s political news

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 20, 2019

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