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A man in Bedouin dress stands with two donkeys in front of a well
Posted inTorah

What Abraham’s wells teach us about modern-day Israel’s struggles

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg October 2, 2024October 1, 2024
An Earl Raab column in our pages, Dec. 24, 1976
Posted inFrom the Archives

50 years ago: A debate over whether Jews were ‘ethnic’ enough for ethnic studies

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 30, 2024September 30, 2024
a man points to a can of beans with the text "Extra Flavor! Extra Value! In these kosher beans"
Posted inFrom the Archives

Sardines and lungs for Rosh Hashanah? How our pages have reflected changing palates

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 27, 2024September 27, 2024
Miles Teller (left) and J.K. Simmons in "Whiplash." (Daniel McFadden/Sony Pictures Classics)
Posted inTorah

Extreme, self-imposed pressure almost always leads to a breaking point

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler September 26, 2024September 26, 2024
two babkas, one labeled "chocolate babka" and one labeled "the lesser babka"
Posted inJewish Life

Learn to bake ‘Challah for Kamala’; Gold Rush Cookie Co. goes kosher

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 24, 2024September 24, 2024
Child-friendly apple pancakes drizzled with tahini. (Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

Babies can’t eat honey, but I’m still cooking up a sweet Jewish New Year for mine

Micah Siva by Micah Siva September 23, 2024September 10, 2025
"The Songs of Joy" by James Tissot, showing Miriam and the other Israelite women singing after crossing the Red Sea
Posted inTorah

It takes immense courage to feel joy amid the darkness since Oct. 7

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
People mingle on Sept. 6 before Congregation Anshey Sfard’s monthly Shabbat dinner for young adults in San Francisco. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Sephardic Shabbat dinners are drawing a young crowd to S.F. synagogue

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 18, 2024September 19, 2024
"The Gleaners" (engraving by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible)
Posted inTorah

How the Torah addresses the atrocities of war, especially against women

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen September 12, 2024September 12, 2024
From the cover art for "On Her Own" by Lihi Lapid
Posted inOff the Shelf

Mother and motherland face neglect in Israeli writer Lihi Lapid’s ‘On Her Own’

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman September 11, 2024November 21, 2024

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