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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
Posted inColumns

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
a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inAdvice Mensch, Columns, Education, Kids & Family, Milestones, Religion, Jewish Life

If her Hebrew isn’t up to snuff, can bat mitzvah wait a year?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris July 26, 2017July 24, 2017
Looking up at the dome of Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco. (Photo/From file)
Posted inColumns

Under the dome with Carlebach and Craig, in a great temple of Reform

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 25, 2017July 25, 2017
waters on stage with a black guitar
Posted in(Is It) Good for the Jews?, Columns, Jewish Life

Roger Waters’ hate for Israel is comfortably dumb

Larry RosenEric Goldbrener by Larry Rosen and Eric Goldbrener July 24, 2017July 24, 2017
Talia Salzman and Frank Schiff walk down the aisle
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Milestones, Jewish Life, Unions

Childhood best friends hit reset for romance as 20-somethings

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 23, 2017July 25, 2017
"The City of Refuge" by Charles Foster, 1897
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

When the time comes to reflect, will you hide or walk into the light?

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman July 21, 2017July 17, 2017
the gold and blue label of a jar of duck sauce
Posted inFood, Recipe, Columns, Culture

Gold’s Duck Sauce — tangy recipes recall the classic American Jewish ingredient

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer July 20, 2017July 17, 2017
Jake Gyllenhaal
Posted inArt, Books, Columns, Culture, Film, Celebrity Jews, TV, TV & Film

Herman Wouk on CBS; the Jews go to Romania; Bay Area athletes drafted

by Nate Bloom July 19, 2017March 23, 2018

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