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Stumbling blocks (stolpersteine in German) commemorate the victims of the Holocaust by marking where each person lived, the date they were deported and the date they were murdered. (Photo/Julie Levine)
Posted inParenting

So much anti-Semitism, and a trip I will never forget

by Julie Levine May 13, 2019May 13, 2019
Lisa and Loren Poncia and their daughters at the family ranch in West Marin (Photo/Paige Green Photography)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

She went from suburban SoCal to humane cattle ranching in West Marin

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 13, 2019September 24, 2019
The titular hummus at Oren's Hummus (Photo/Oren's Hummus Facebook)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

10-course vegetarian menu will sample diverse Israeli dishes; Oren’s Hummus Express now open

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 7, 2019September 24, 2019
the covers of both books superimposed over a photo of the Israeli flag
Posted inBooks, Columns, Culture, Holidays, Yom HaAtzmaut, Off the Shelf

Two new books give Zionist feminists a well-deserved place in history

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 3, 2019May 3, 2019
Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron star in "Long Shot"
Posted inColumns

Seth Rogen as First Gentleman; three new Netflix series to check out; etc.

by Nate Bloom May 2, 2019May 2, 2019
a vivid painting of a goat in the desert
Posted inTorah

On S.F. streets, it’s too easy to cast out human ‘scapegoats’

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 2, 2019May 3, 2019
a pile of paper and plastic trash, much of it with red duct tape barely holding it together
Posted inKids & Family

My 6-year-old’s beloved trash heap

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein May 2, 2019May 2, 2019
three dogs roll around in the grass playing
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Jews don’t own dogs? Says who?

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz May 1, 2019May 3, 2019
a smiling bald man with glasses
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Israeli TV food personality Gil Hovav’s ‘eccentric and colorful’ origins

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 30, 2019September 24, 2019
People embrace outside the Chabad of Poway, after a gunman opened fire during services on the last day of Passover, April 27, 2019, leaving one person dead and three others injured. (Photo/JTA-David McNew-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

The Poway shooting exposes the fractured state of our communal discourse

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 29, 2019

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