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Danny Stoller (left) and Marc Schechter at work at Square Pie Guys, their new pizza joint in SoMa (Photo/Courtesy Carolyn Insley)
Posted inJewish Life

Pair of ‘Square Pie Guys’ bring Detroit-style pizza to S.F.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 18, 2019August 26, 2019
Attorney General William Barr speaks at the Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism at the Department of Justice in Washington, July 15, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Donald Trump and the perils of loving Israel just a little too much

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 16, 2019July 16, 2019
Janice Brenner and Stephen Farber at their wedding on Jan. 20, 2019
Posted inColumns

While caring for others, they learned to care for each other

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 15, 2019July 15, 2019
“Moses Smiteth the Rock in the Desert,” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Brave refugees reflect the Divine. They deserve our greatest care.

Rabbi Stacy Friedman by Rabbi Stacy Friedman July 12, 2019July 11, 2019
(Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inMixed & Matched

The ‘real’ Jews told me I wasn’t Jewish

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler July 11, 2019
Delights available at Solomon’s Deli in Sacramento (Photo/Instagram-@solomonsdeli)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Solomon’s Deli opens (finally!); bagel pop-up at Tartine; kosher sourdough; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 10, 2019July 12, 2019
A cover of Mad Magazine, which will no longer publish new content, from 1968 (Photo/JTA-Elizabeth W. Kearley-Getty Images)
Posted inComedy

How Mad magazine taught me to think like a Jewish intellectual

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 9, 2019
At a gathering earlier this year in New York, attendees brainstormed for a new Jewish holiday: Yom HaTzedek — Day of Justice. (Photo/Courtesy Andrew Mandel)
Posted inJew in the Pew

He’s on a quest to create a new Jewish holiday — Yom HaTzedek, a Day of Justice

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 9, 2019July 9, 2019
Julie Levine's kids have made a her into a fan of some newer music — Lizzo is one of her new faves. (Photo/Flickr-Andy Witchger CC BY 2.0)
Posted inParenting

I taught my kids everything I know. Except for the stuff they taught me.

by Julie Levine July 8, 2019
Chef Itamar Abramovitch at his Israeli pop-up Balagan at the Culinary Institute of America at Copia in Napa (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

For authentic modern Israeli cuisine, check out Napa pop-up Balagan

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 8, 2019July 12, 2019

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