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Detail from the cover of “The Anatomy of Exile” by Zeeva Bukai
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Anatomy of Exile’ by Zeeva Bukai reflects on elusive nature of ‘home’

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 9, 2025April 10, 2025
Spanikomatzah – or a matzah spanikopita. (Micah Siva)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Matzah Madness recipe contest winner: ‘Spanikomatzah’ — an unleavened take on a Greek classic

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 4, 2025April 21, 2025
Boxes of Trader Joe's matzah for sale. (Photo/JTA-Isabella Armus)
Posted inTorah

Matzah represents our need for humility in relationships

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 3, 2025April 4, 2025
An ad for a Sept. 18, 1985, performance of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in San Francisco, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. (J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Israel Philharmonic, an ‘orchestra of soloists,’ was formed by musicians forced out of Germany in 1930s

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 28, 2025April 3, 2025
You can find Pecan Pie Matzo Crunch, J. recipe columnist Micah Siva's take on the popular Passover dessert, here. Like Karyn Lipman's 1990 recipe, it features pecans. (Micah Siva)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Who invented matzah brittle? Just like toffee, the plot thickens

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 27, 2025June 19, 2025
A volvelle (an instrument for calculating when new months begin) from Offenbach, Germany, 1722. (Library of Congress)
Posted inTorah

As free people, Israelites reclaimed their most precious commodity: Time

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein March 27, 2025March 27, 2025
From the cover of "Witchwood: A Ravenfall Novel" by Kalyn Josephson
Posted inAuthor! Author!

5 local authors touch on Braille, Jewish magic, joy, memoir, climate change

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 24, 2025April 15, 2025
Marchers cross the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march. (Rabbi Amy Eilberg)
Posted inTorah

‘Despair is not a strategy’: Marching in Selma, 60 years later

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 20, 2025March 20, 2025
Mary Ann Salinas holds up two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, Dec. 21, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inFrom the Archives

‘Don’t kiss the mezuzah’ and other sage advice from the early days of the Covid pandemic

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett March 17, 2025March 21, 2025
Rory Kandel has a hit on her hands with the Rory's Bakehouse cookie kit, which contains a half-dozen giant chocolate chip cookies ready to bake at home. (Emma Kruch/Emma K Creative)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Napa baker finds her sweet spot with bake-at-home cookie kits

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 14, 2025June 19, 2025

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