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I have an itch.

Barbara Rose Brooker by Barbara Rose Brooker August 9, 2017August 14, 2017
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Posted inColumns

How to get into Jewish learning as an adult

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler August 8, 2017August 7, 2017
From the cover of "Ways to Disappear" by Idra Novey
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End-of-summer reading that’s not too heavy, not too light

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 4, 2017August 7, 2017
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We are all orphans, diaspora jackals, seeking consolation

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer August 3, 2017August 4, 2017
Summer camp is about fun and games — for some.
Posted inColumns

Reliving childhood camp memories through resistant son

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein August 3, 2017August 7, 2017
Former Vice-President Al Gore, center, with Bay Area filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, July 24, 2017. (Photo Courtesy SFJFF)
Posted inCulture

Rob Lowe, Rodney Dangerfield and Martin Landau

by Nate Bloom August 1, 2017August 7, 2017
Oakland chef and businessowner Lee Davidson
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Chef creates ‘food healing spaces’ to intensify the senses

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 31, 2017August 7, 2017
Is it permitted to hold a wedding two days after the death of a close family member? (Photo/file)
Posted inColumns

OK to hold a wedding right after the groom’s brother dies?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris July 30, 2017August 21, 2017
levy hands food to two homeless men
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Prophetic book bolsters the case for ‘housing-first’ solution to homelessness

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan July 28, 2017July 24, 2017
Josie A.G. Shapiro's Blackberry Cardamom Cobbler
Posted inFood, Recipe, Columns, Culture

Become a potluck hero with butter cake and berry cardamom cobbler

by Josie A.G. Shapiro July 27, 2017July 25, 2017

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