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Isaac embraces Abraham by Otto Adolph Stemler, early 20th century
Posted inTorah

Leonard Cohen’s take on Abraham and Isaac hits the right note

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 25, 2018
The main characters of "PJ Masks"
Posted inUncategorized

Halloween in Brooklyn gives my kids superpowers

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein October 25, 2018October 25, 2018
Nayfeld with arms crossed, standing in his kitchen
Posted inSmall Bites

Can’t get a table at Che Fico? Join chef David Nayfeld at ‘synagogue of the vintners’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 22, 2018September 24, 2019
Four people stand over a counter in a kitchen braiding challah dough
Posted inFood, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

The Jews who made fresh-baked challah a tradition at Glide Church

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 19, 2018September 24, 2019
"Abraham's Counsel to Sarai" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inUncategorized

The trials of Sarah (and her husband, Abraham)

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 18, 2018October 18, 2018
Carrie Brownsteain and Tiffany Hadish in "The Oath"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Political laughs from Brownstein and Haddish; and more from Jewish stars

by Nate Bloom October 18, 2018
Nguyen and Koller walk down a hallway in their wedding outfits, holding hands — he is toting her oxygen tank behind himself
Posted inUnions

With her health deteriorating, a ‘miracle’ wedding in S.F.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 18, 2018October 18, 2018
From the cover of "Eyeballing Big Croc" by Vivien Zielen
Posted inAuthor! Author!

New memoir: Nepalese royalty, the Six-Day War and Passover in Japan

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 17, 2018January 9, 2019
a gravestone
Posted inFirst Person

Visiting grandma’s grave: much more than an obligation

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz October 17, 2018October 23, 2018
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, from the cover of his memoir "My Country, My Life"
Posted inOff the Shelf

Two 2018 books explain how Israel became what it is

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 15, 2018January 9, 2019

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