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"Noah's Ark" (1846) by Edward Hicks
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Is it possible that Noah was all ark and no might?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 31, 2024October 31, 2024
headshot of Karen Galatz
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

What I learned hosting a Jordanian exchange student in my home

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz October 29, 2024October 29, 2024
Ayelet Tsabari is the author of "Songs for the Brokenhearted" (Elsin Davidi)
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Songs for the Brokenhearted’: Ayelet Tsabari explores a Yemeni Israeli family and identity in her debut novel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 25, 2024November 21, 2024
an old black and white headshot of a woman
Posted inColumns

Researching lives lost led me to two amazing Gertrudes on my family tree

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 24, 2024October 24, 2024
Our Oct. 14, 2016 cover story was about a pair of California etrog growers.
Posted inFrom the Archives

What’s up with the etrog? How this inedible citrus entered Jewish life

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 21, 2024January 27, 2025
Dinner in Cantor David Frommer’s sukkah in his San Francsico home, Oct. 10, 2017. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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This year, we need more than a sukkah to protect us

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 16, 2024October 16, 2024
a man and a woman stand in front of a colorful wall of street art
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Their grandmothers’ notes became a Mexican Jewish cookbook

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 15, 2024October 31, 2024
Or Shalom congregants (from left) Corey Weinstein, Margo Freistadt, Jeffrey Brandstetter and Mary Ann Goldstein sound the shofar on Bernal Hill in San Francisco, Sept. 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inTorah

Modern Judaism makes a mistake by overemphasizing the High Holidays

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein October 10, 2024October 10, 2024
Lee Lamb smiles as she talks about the Grandma Salad with fried okra during "Food for Thought: The Power of Food for People with Dementia" at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living on Sept. 24, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Can food therapy stem the tide of memory loss in seniors? SFCJL event puts theory to the test

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 8, 2024October 30, 2024
From our July 31, 1931 issue
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How we’ve judged other Jews’ global holiday observances over the years

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 8, 2024October 8, 2024

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