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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
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inParenting

My kids do well in public. But at home? That’s another story

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein October 10, 2019
“L’Chaim Napa Valley” at Congregation Beth Shalom in Napa in 2018 (Photo/Janna Waldinger, Art & Clarity Photography)
Posted inUncategorized

Let the wine flow at Napa’s ‘Synagogue of the Vintners’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 10, 2019October 15, 2019
(Photo/JTA-Ariel Skelley-Getty Images)
Posted inParenting

A working parent’s Yom Kippur apology

by Shira Zemel and JTA October 7, 2019October 7, 2019
portman in a space as she is lowered into a tank of water
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Joaquin Phoenix goes to Gotham; Natalie Portman goes to space; Michael Chabon goes to Netflix

by Nate Bloom October 4, 2019
a painting of Jews in eastern European clothing praying
Posted inTorah

Prayer meets psychology: On Yom Kippur, seek a ‘growth mindset’

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg October 4, 2019October 10, 2019
Avner Laskin will cook a 15-course modern Israeli dinner in Sunnyvale. (Photo/Courtesy Avner Laskin)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Israeli chef’s Instagram pics earn him invite to Bay Area from Turkish-born tech CEO

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 2, 2019November 4, 2019
Rabbis Raleigh Resnick (left) and Josh Zebberman dance during the “Unity Shabbat” concert at Chabad of the Tri-Valley, Sept. 20, 2019. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky
Posted inHigh Holidays

Connection and renewal at fire-damaged Chabad’s celebration of ‘unity’

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 27, 2019October 2, 2019

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