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The 2017 Kennedy Center Honorees: LL Cool J, Lionel Ritchie, Carmen de Lavallade, Norman Lear and Gloria Estefan pose for a photo at the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 2017. (Photo/Flickr-State Department)
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Norman Lear goes to the Kennedy Center, the Pentagon Papers go to the movies

by Nate Bloom December 19, 2017March 23, 2018
Was Stalin good for the Jews? Definitely not. But his mustache...
Posted in(Is It) Good for the Jews?

Old-timey facial hair is definitely good for the Jews

Larry RosenEric Goldbrener by Larry Rosen and Eric Goldbrener December 19, 2017December 19, 2017
From the New Yiddish Rep’s staging of  “Awake and Sing!” featuring (from left) Ronit Asheri, Moshe Lobel, Lea Kalisch, David Mandelbaum and Eli Rosen. (Photo/JTA-Pedro Hernandez)
Posted inCulture

Classic ‘Awake and Sing!’ gets Yiddish update while touching on immigration

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 18, 2017March 23, 2018
Home for Hanukkah with the Gilberts
Posted inJewish Life

Twinkling holiday lights overshadow my Jewish center

by Nicki Gilbert December 17, 2017December 15, 2017
Detail from "Joseph Interprets the Dream of Pharaoh," Jean-Adrien Guignet, 19th century
Posted inColumns

We all feel alone and forgotten sometimes. Even Joseph the dreamer.

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand December 15, 2017December 14, 2017
Two thirds of the "Chopped: Chabad of Contra Costa" winning team: (from left) Susan Wang and Larisa Bukh (Photo/Alix Wall)
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Whiskey and fry — ‘Chopped’ latke competition gets fierce

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 13, 2017
Children exploring the Brooklyn Children’s Museum
(Photo/Flickr-Brooklyn Children’s Museum CC BY 2.0)
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In kid-friendly Brooklyn, realizing the parenting resources missing from S.F.

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein December 11, 2017December 11, 2017
From 2015 Hanukkah episode of "The Goldbergs"
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‘The Goldbergs’ do Hanukkah; Franco does ‘The Room’

by Nate Bloom December 10, 2017March 23, 2018
From the cover of 
Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas," one of many Jewish children's books delivered free to Jewish families across the country
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PJ Library will gives East Bay families $150 to ‘get together’

by J. Staff December 8, 2017
"Joseph Reveals His Dream to His Brethren" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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Avoiding important issues doesn’t heal relationships

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 8, 2017

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