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(From left): Inon Tzadok, Mona Leena and Odai Ammar are the forces behind Shuk Shuka. (Photo/Zaturansky Photography)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

At this pop-up, celebrating food is the path to Mideast peace

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 26, 2019May 18, 2021
a vivid painting of a goat in the desert
Posted inTorah

Ready or not, here are (another) Four Questions

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan April 25, 2019
Offerings at Babka by Ayélet in Palo Alto
Posted inSmall Bites

Babka by Ayélet launches brunch menu; Dashe Cellars leaving Oakland for Alameda

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 24, 2019September 24, 2019
a snowplow plowing through snow
Posted inColumns

Helicopter parenting, snowplow parenting — we’re doing our best

by Julie Levine April 23, 2019
A 19th-century Ukrainian art print of a family seder
Posted inPassover

On Passover, remembering the past means imagining the future

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg April 18, 2019
a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inLifecycles

Readers offer alternatives for 11-year-old who wants bat mitzvah, but would be starting from scratch

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler April 16, 2019
Firefly chef-owner Brad Levy in the kitchen with his chef de cuisine, Haley Sausner (Photo/Courtesy Brad Levy)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Firefly chef Brad Levy’s family food tales — and his 2019 Passover menu

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 16, 2019September 24, 2019
Screenshot from "Prince of Egypt," as Moses begins to feel pangs of empathy for Hebrew slaves
Posted inPassover

Passover is a time to practice empathy for ‘the stranger’ among us

Rabbi Lavey Derby by Rabbi Lavey Derby April 15, 2019April 15, 2019
Screenshot from the documentary "Ask Dr. Ruth," which is showing at the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Dr. Ruth documentary comes to SFIFF; big honor for Jewish jazz pianist; and… something about Bob Fosse?

by Nate Bloom April 15, 2019April 16, 2019
(From left) Sima Canoush on her mother's lap, Jilla Ehsanipour's Passover stew, Frina Nemchenok, Daniella Salzman's vegan-friendly seder plate
Posted inOrganic Epicure

4 families’ Passover foods from Iran, Iraq, Latvia — and the East Bay

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 12, 2019September 24, 2019

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