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Igor Litvak is helping to run his late mother's restaurant, the Red Tavern, from his home base in New York. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

This NYC bond trader’s side hustle is his mom’s Russian restaurant in SF

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 7, 2019August 26, 2019
Swami Satchidananda giving the opening speech at Woodstock (Photo/Wikimedia-Mark Goff)
Posted inFilm

Woodstock turns 50; feminist gangsters; ‘Scary Stories’; etc.

by Nate Bloom August 7, 2019
The columnist's daughter gathers what the Bible calls "gleanings."
Posted inParenting

Our family mitzvah: picking fresh produce for those in need

by Julie Levine August 5, 2019August 7, 2019
"Cities of refuge", 1901 by the Providence Lithograph Company. (Flickr/Elias Friedman)
Posted inTorah

Shelter from the storm: Sanctuary cities then and now

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon August 1, 2019August 8, 2019
“Moses Names Joshua to Succeed Him” by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1860
Posted inTorah

Changing of guard in the Torah reveals two very different forms of leadership

Maharat Victoria Sutton by Maharat Victoria Sutton July 25, 2019August 8, 2019
William Shatner on stage during “Star Trek: Mission New York,” Sept. 4, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Tarantino’s latest; Polanski’s take on Dreyfus Affair; Captain Kirk’s Jewish values

by Nate Bloom July 24, 2019
Jewish astrologer Lorelai Kude in her Berkeley home, July 17, 2019 (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Time to rethink everything you’ve been told about Jews and astrology

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 23, 2019January 13, 2026
Prospect Park in Brooklyn isn't as great as Drew Himmelstein hoped. (Photo/Flickr-Maria Elkind CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inParenting

2019 Brooklyn is not the kids’ paradise of my dreams

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein July 23, 2019July 23, 2019
Katz Bagels in the Mission District has been forcibly closed by the S.F. Health Department. (Photo/Flickr-gazeronly CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inSmall Bites

Kosher honey farm for sale; Katz Bagels closed due to ‘severe rat infestation’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 22, 2019August 26, 2019
Detail from the cover of "Bombay Brides," a short story collection by Esther David
Posted inOff the Shelf

New short story collections are dispatches from outposts of Jewish life

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 22, 2019July 25, 2019

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