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A structure on Mount Gerizim, a site associated with blessings in this week's Torah portion, seen in an 1881 illustration by Henry Fenn.
Posted inTorah

The lengthy list of curses in Torah reflects our primal brain

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 31, 2023August 31, 2023
Adeena Sussman's new cookbook, "Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours," is an ode to family Shabbat dinners. (Photo of Sussman/Lisa Rich Photography)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

In Adeena Sussman’s new cookbook, it’s time for Shabbat dinner — and you’re invited

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 30, 2023December 20, 2023
Posted inJewish Life

A hip LA wine bar hosted an Israeli chef — and Instagram lost its mind

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman August 30, 2023August 30, 2023
This ad from 1933 is strictly about the liquor. (J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

100 years ago, Jewish grocers had the market on local service

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 29, 2023August 29, 2023
Israeli fans at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Sept. 5, 1972. (Photo/JTA-Klaus Rose-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

Can vengeance ever be justifiable? This week’s Torah portion raises tricky questions.

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein August 24, 2023August 24, 2023
Detail from a 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Horoscopes for Elul: What will you run toward in the new year?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 18, 2023August 18, 2023
"Moses Pleading with Israel" by Providence Lithograph Company, ca. 1907
Posted inTorah

Is the entire Torah an effort to explain this single line?

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf August 17, 2023
A Young Men's Hebrew Association baseball team in St. Louis, ca. 1930. (Photo/File-Courtesy American Jewish Historical Society)
Posted inFrom the Archives

‘A sport-loving people,’ Jews always felt at home in baseball

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 15, 2023August 15, 2023
Poulet founder Marilyn Rinzler and her friend John Harris share a final chicken meal at the restaurant, which closed on July 14. (Photo/Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside-CatchLight)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

When she founded Poulet 44 years ago, all she wanted was a good roast chicken

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 14, 2023August 17, 2023
"King Solomon in Old Age" by Gustave Doré, 1866
Posted inTorah

God offered Solomon one wish. What would you ask for?

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg August 10, 2023

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