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study participants are seated in a circle in the "living room" area of the studio
Posted inColumns, Passover, Jew in the Pew, Holidays, Jewish Life

Songs of praise, art of resistance at newly open Studio Am

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 4, 2017April 10, 2017
a panoramic shot of the park on a beautiful day
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

Learning to enjoy the small things while they’re little

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein April 4, 2017April 4, 2017
Alison Brie
Posted inColumns, Culture, Film, Celebrity Jews, TV, TV & Film

Brie and Franco wed; Gyllenhaal comes to ‘Life’; Arkin goes ‘In Style’

by Nate Bloom March 31, 2017March 23, 2018
promo image of a woman, main character on the show, holding up her FBI badge
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

Giving up control is how a mom grows up

by Julie Levine March 31, 2017
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
Posted inColumns, Jewish Life, Torah

In an age of narcissism, the value of humility

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 30, 2017
a 19th century painting of the scene
Posted inColumns, Passover, Holidays, Jewish Life, Torah

After we emerge from suffering, we still need healing

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider March 23, 2017
Ashby behind the counter at Paulie's Pickling
Posted inFood, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

Paulie’s Pickling shifts focus from deli to Mideast street food

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 22, 2017March 22, 2017
images of the columnist duo
Posted in(Is It) Good for the Jews?, Jewish Life

Israel travel ban and Radiohead: Good for the Jews?

Eric GoldbrenerLarry Rosen by Eric Goldbrener and Larry Rosen March 22, 2017March 23, 2017
a church steeple
Posted inColumns, Mixed & Matched, Jewish Life

Why aren’t Jews as warm or welcoming as Christians?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler March 21, 2017March 22, 2017
josh gad on a red carpet
Posted inColumns, Culture, Film, Celebrity Jews, TV, TV & Film

‘Beauty and the Beast,’ the second coming; ‘The Art of Design’; Jake Gyllenhaal

by Nate Bloom March 17, 2017March 23, 2018

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