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From the cover of "The Essential Instant Post Cookbook" by Coco Morante
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Jewish blogger dives into the Instant Pot craze; New Wise Sons location!

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 22, 2017October 23, 2017
Retired B’nai Emunah cantor and Reutlinger resident Henry Drejer belts out classic hazzanut while fellow resident Doris Langer beams at the camera. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Starting the annual Torah cycle again — for the 70th, 80th, 90th time

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 20, 2017April 15, 2020
Train. You guys remember that band? No? "Drops of Jupiter." Yeah, those guys.
Posted inColumns

Waiting for a sign that pain and sorrow will be no more

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand October 20, 2017October 18, 2017
(Photo/Pixabay)
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How do I stop grandpa from gambling away family money?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris October 19, 2017October 18, 2017
Bernie Sanders (left) and Larry David appearing together in a Saturday Night Live sketch in 2016
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Larry David and Bernie Sanders share some ‘Roots’? Pinch me!

Eric GoldbrenerLarry Rosen by Eric Goldbrener and Larry Rosen October 17, 2017
The remains of willow branches, thrashed on the ground at the conclusion of Hoshana Rabba at Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco, Oct. 12, 2017. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Sukkot ends: The rites and meals are over, but the gates never close

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 16, 2017October 16, 2017
The first day of creation, according to the Nuremberg Chronicle
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Being true to your divine origin is lofty but doable

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 12, 2017
From the audiobook cover of "The Exodus" by Richard Elliott Friedman
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Two new books anatomize heavy-duty Torah concepts

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 12, 2017August 20, 2018
Wise Sons co-foudners Evan Bloom (left) and Leo Beckerman at the original location on 24th Street in the Mission in 2013 (Photo/Alanna Hale)
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Awful bagels, bad poppyseed cake… What’s a Jewish mother to do?

by Julie Levine October 12, 2017October 11, 2017
Rabbi Lauren Henderson (left) and another student look at source sheets at a Jewish learning session at Base Hillel Chicago, November 2016. (Photo/Couretsy Hillel International)
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Behold the ‘source sheet’ — the essential technology of modern Torah study

by Andrew Silow-Carroll October 11, 2017January 12, 2018

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