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A pair of Blue Oyster mushrooms, seen in the documentary "Fantastic Fungi" (Photo/Courtesy Greta Zagarino-Greta Rose Agency)
Posted inArt & About

Art around the Bay this month: hate speech, sacred texts and shrooms

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 5, 2019September 4, 2019
a couple sitting together at sunset, seen in silhouette
Posted inMixed & Matched

It’s not your son’s girlfriend’s job to seek Judaism. It’s your son’s.

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler September 4, 2019
Valerie Harper, left, as Rhoda with Mary Tyler Moore in the television series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." (Photo/JTA-Bettmann-Getty Images)
Posted inTV & Film

How Valerie Harper’s Rhoda embodied a very Jewish type

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA September 3, 2019
Wise Sons, the San Francisco-based Jewish deli, has a new outpost... in Tokyo. (Photo/Andy Altman-Ohr)
Posted inColumns

The land of the rising bagel: Wise Sons brings deli cuisine to Tokyo

by Andy Altman-Ohr September 3, 2019September 6, 2019
A structure on Mount Gerizim, a site associated with blessings in this week's Torah portion, seen in an 1881 illustration by Henry Fenn.
Posted inTorah

Judaism is tough, but I wouldn’t have it any other way

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein August 29, 2019
Shlomi Elkabetz plays the lead investigator in “Our Boys.” (Photo/Courtesy HBO-Ran Mendelson)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Our Boys’ will make you uncomfortable, which is exactly why you should watch it

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz August 29, 2019August 30, 2019
Two children who are *not* Nate and Harvey (Photo/Max Pixel)
Posted inParenting

Summertime parenting can be magical — and miserable

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein August 28, 2019August 28, 2019
From the cover of “Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors from My Israeli Kitchen” by Adeena Sussman
Posted inOrganic Epicure

American immigrant’s Israeli cookbook showcases culture through flavor

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 27, 2019September 6, 2019
Mica Talmor in front of the Piedmont Ave. location of her forthcoming venture, Pomella (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inSmall Bites

Kickstarter for Pomella; Frena’s 2nd location temporarily closed; ‘Forest Feast Mediterranean’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 26, 2019
“Walk only in God’s paths,” says this week’s Torah portion. (Photo/Pixabay)
Posted inColumns

In these trying times, what are we to do? Here’s the Torah’s answer.

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 23, 2019August 22, 2019

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