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Orly Jaffe with the fruits of her labor (Photo/Courtesy Jaffe)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Q&A: She nourishes people’s minds with a new food and wine speaker’s bureau

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 22, 2019August 26, 2019
Israeli actor Tomer Capon is one of the stars of "The Boys" on Amazon Prime. Left to right: Karl Urban, Capon, Laz Alonso and Jack Quaid.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Israeli star Tomer Capon fights superheroes; remembering Robin Williams; etc.

by Nate Bloom August 21, 2019August 21, 2019
simple line art of a fish carrying a ladder and smoking a cigarette
Posted inOff the Shelf

No time for summer reading? Short stories are your friend.

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 20, 2019
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz during his first psilocybin experience at Johns Hopkins University (Photo/Courtesy Kamenetz)
Posted inJewish Life

Can psychedelics heal the Jewish people? This rabbi is exploring that question.

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 20, 2019May 12, 2020
The prophet Isaiah by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

To see clearly, seek comfort in community

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan August 16, 2019August 15, 2019
(Photo/Jonathan Billinger CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

My kids’ generation are the anti-clutter role models we need

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz August 15, 2019
(Photo/JTA-Westend61-Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

Spotify’s Jewish music makes me feel like a kid again

Rabbi Yael Buechler by Rabbi Yael Buechler and JTA August 12, 2019
Rebecca Fineman at Ungrafter, her wine-focused restaurant in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inJewish Life

This S.F. sommelier knows so much about wine you call her ‘master’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 12, 2019November 2, 2020
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Moses and me: chasing the flock back into the gazebo

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg August 9, 2019August 8, 2019
a row of men sitting in synagogue wearing kippahs, seen from the back
Posted inMixed & Matched

Does the perfect synagogue exist? In a word: no

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler August 8, 2019August 8, 2019

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