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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
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

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