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black and white drawing of nadav and avihu being thrown backwards by a flash of light
Posted inTorah

God made the world in seven days — but what happened on the eighth?

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand March 28, 2019
Nathan Englander's new novel is “Kaddish.com.” (Illustration/JTA; Cover/Alfred Knopf; Photo/Joshua Meier)
Posted inBooks

Spiritual disquiet and atonement in Nathan Englander’s ‘Kaddish.com’

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 28, 2019December 2, 2020
Part of the main cast of the Israeli TV series 'Shtisel'
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

How ‘Shtisel’ warmed my heart like a bowl of chicken soup

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz March 27, 2019
a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inMixed & Matched

We haven’t raised her with any religion, but now she wants a bat mitzvah

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler March 26, 2019
Andy Naja-Riese (Photo/Courtesy Agricultural Institute of Marin)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Q&A: Supporting local growers — and judging local bagels

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 22, 2019September 24, 2019
The altar in front of a mock-up of the Tabernacle in Timna, Israel (Photo/Wikimedia-Mboesch CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inTorah

Find your flame, and keep it lit

Rabbi Stacy Friedman by Rabbi Stacy Friedman March 21, 2019March 21, 2019
her sign reads: "respect existence or expect resistance. youth vs the apocalypse."
Posted inParenting

Finally seeing climate change through my daughter’s eyes

by Julie Levine March 21, 2019March 21, 2019
The titular hummus at Oren's Hummus (Photo/Oren's Hummus Facebook)
Posted inSmall Bites

Oren’s Hummus plans ‘express’ stores; new Jewish deli coming to S.F.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 20, 2019September 24, 2019
The new FX series “What We Do in the Shadows,” is based on a 2014 film of the same name co-directed and co-written by Taika Waititi, who also appears in the series (left).
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Daveed Diggs takes a ride with Steph Curry; Jews and vampires; etc.

by Nate Bloom March 19, 2019March 19, 2019
The Shahvar family (from left) David, Debbie, Jessica, Benjamin and Jonathan
Posted inColumns

For 30 years, Buttercup Diner has put family first

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 18, 2019September 24, 2019

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