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

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 30, 2024September 30, 2024
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Sardines and lungs for Rosh Hashanah? How our pages have reflected changing palates

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 27, 2024September 27, 2024

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