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Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir holds a grogger during a Megillah reading at his home in Jerusalem on Purim 1991. (Photo/Israel Government Press Office)
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Silence isn’t golden: The power of Purim groggers

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 21, 2024
Lila Volkas with a Hamantaschen Spritz mocktail at her studio in Oakland, March 12, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Mocktail expert shakes up Purim tradition with a Hamantaschen Spritz

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 20, 2024May 23, 2024
A 19th-century painting of Purim partying in Tzfat, Israel (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inTorah

Find an excuse to feel some collective Jewish joy

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler March 14, 2024March 14, 2024
a black and white image of a solar eclipse
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Double Adar continues with Double Eclipse season

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude March 13, 2024
Posted inFrom the Archives

It took this paper a long time to get behind ‘women’s lib’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 11, 2024
"Friday Evening" by Isidor Kaufmann, 1920 (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTorah

Shabbat candlelighting remains the most transformative Jewish action of all

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon March 7, 2024March 8, 2024
Bear Silber, the new owner of Grand Bakery, slides freshly-baked challah onto a rack to cool in Oakland on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

After buying Grand Bakery for $1, new owner of Oakland legacy is dreaming big

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 5, 2024March 5, 2024
Painting of the Golden Calf
Posted inTorah

Why the Israelites really built the Golden Calf

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen February 29, 2024February 28, 2024
This vintage postcard shows the Liebenberg monument outside the University of Vienna, erected in 1890. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Jews were ostracized, attacked at European colleges back in 1924

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 26, 2024May 29, 2024
Detail of the cover of "Where Is Poppy?" by Caroline Kusin Pritchard
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New children’s books on navigating loss, illness and race

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 23, 2024July 23, 2024

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