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"Jacob Blesses His Sons" from "Figures de la Bible," 1728
Posted inTorah

Jacob’s complicated blessings and rebukes for his sons

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen December 28, 2023
Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's "Harmony" is now on Broadway. (Photo/JTA-Julieta Cervantes)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Broadway’s ‘Harmony’ includes origin story of singer who became S.F. cantor

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz December 26, 2023December 28, 2023
(Photo/Pixy.org CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Posted inColumns

I packed away Christmas 35 years ago, but I still bring holiday joy to others

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent December 21, 2023December 21, 2023
"Joseph Maketh Himself Known to His Brethren" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Joseph wins the game of life, even though it takes him a while to wise up

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan December 21, 2023December 21, 2023
Rabbi Yisroel Labkowski at Bay Kosher, his packed little grocery store in Lafayette, Dec. 12, 2023. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Chabad rabbi looks to expand his little kosher market in Lafayette

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 19, 2023August 6, 2025
Gidi (aka Capricorn) as drawn in a 1322 German Shavuot prayer book
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Tevet: Elevating anger to righteous indignation

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude December 18, 2023December 18, 2023
a painting of two men seated speaking to each other
Posted inTorah

How Joseph’s brothers moved past groupthink to see the suffering of the other

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon December 14, 2023December 14, 2023
Left: Tamir Ben-Shalom is the bar manager and, since March of this year, the owner of Bull Valley Roadhouse in Port Costa. Right: The dining room of Bull Valley Roadhouse. (Photos/Risa Scott)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Owner of funky roadhouse in Port Costa worked his way up from busboy

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 11, 2023December 20, 2023
"Joseph Reveals His Dream" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inJewish Life

Choosing ‘senseless love’ over ‘senseless hatred’

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 7, 2023December 7, 2023
There isn't much we can say to explain the imagery in "Who Stole Hanukkah?," a 1997 CD-ROM game. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inUncategorized

During the web’s infancy, exploring Hanukkah virtually was clunky and a bit miraculous

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 6, 2023May 29, 2024

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