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Barb Shenson's Sephardic apple tart for Rosh Hashanah (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Check out this local caterer’s Sephardic dishes for Rosh Hashanah

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 11, 2024September 17, 2024
Kol Nidrei in the 1272 Worms Machzor
Posted inTorah

The Torah reminds us that every moment of our lives offers new possibilities

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 29, 2024August 30, 2024
an old newspaper page with the headline "Stanford changes schedules to allow for Jewish holy days"
Posted inFrom the Archives

Jews have griped about school calendars colliding with Jewish holidays for years

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 28, 2024August 28, 2024
Potash gestures upward to the telephone wires overhead
Posted inReligion

San Francisco’s third eruv expands options for Shabbat-observant Jews in Noe Valley, the Mission and the Castro

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 23, 2024August 26, 2024
"God Reassures Moses" by James Tissot (The Jewish Museum)
Posted inTorah

Did Moses give the Israelites a mission — or a mission impossible?

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein August 22, 2024August 22, 2024
Two women sit together in a sunny dining hall
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Food for thought: Jewish seniors join UCSF brain project tapping into food memories

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 21, 2024August 22, 2024
Participants at Camp Nai Nai Nai West share a light moment together at Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, May 2022. (Photo/JTA-Yoav Magid)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

First ‘Jewish Food and Wine Retreat’ comes to Camp Newman in Sonoma County

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 16, 2024August 21, 2024
"Moses Pleading with Israel" by Providence Lithograph Company, ca. 1907
Posted inTorah

Baal Shem Tov’s life-changing words: ‘You are where your thoughts are’

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg August 15, 2024August 15, 2024
A birthday cake with lit candles
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

According to Jewish tradition, I’m not just old — I’m wise

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz August 12, 2024August 12, 2024
A micrograph of prostate cancer cells (Wikimedia)
Posted inHealth

Routine tests for prostate cancer are critical, especially for higher-risk men

by Dr. Jerry Saliman August 9, 2024August 9, 2024

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