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Detail from "Adam and Eve Driven From Paradise" by James Tissot, 1900
Posted inTorah

Adam and Eve — and why we control our own morality and destiny

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein October 24, 2019October 24, 2019
Dr. John Bry, bringing in the harvest
Posted inFood

Q&A: This vintner grows his grapes with surgical precision

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 24, 2019November 5, 2019
(From left) Voga Coffee partners Jason Sarley, Eli Salomon and Josh Avins
Posted inOrganic Epicure

The Cyclops brews coffee with an eye on the future

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 22, 2019November 5, 2019
Daniel Shorr (far right) and other members of Stanford’s Student Space Initiative escort a rocket he built (Photo/Courtesy Daniel Shorr)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Tashlich in spaaaaaaaacce: Send your sins to the heavens on Stanford rocket

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 21, 2019
(Photo/Flickr-zeevzeev CC BY 2.0)
Posted inTorah

In the sukkah, as in life, we are both vulnerable and safe

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 18, 2019October 24, 2019
The Grand Choral Synagogue in St. Petersburg, Russia (Photo/Wikimedia-Alex 'Florstein' Fedorov CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

21 years old in the USSR — that’s when I became a Jew

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz October 16, 2019
"The Gefilte Manifesto" co-author Liz Alpern (Photo/gefilteria.com)
Posted inSmall Bites

Bagel pop-up at Tartine; ‘Gefilte Manifesto’ co-author comes to Sacramento

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 15, 2019
Rabbi Sara Shendelman with a lulav and etrog grown at her house (and at the park across the street) (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Getting creative and hyperlocal with your lulav and etrog

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 15, 2019October 16, 2019
Paul Rudd (left) and Zach Galifianakis in "Between Two Ferns: The Movie"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Jesse Eisenberg returns to ‘Zombieland’; Timothée Chalamet is Henry V; Jenny Slate’s first stand-up special

by Nate Bloom October 11, 2019October 11, 2019
David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel, declaring independence beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism
Posted inTorah

‘Tsur Israel’ is more than a nod to God. It’s a moral exhortation.

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 11, 2019October 10, 2019

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