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(From left) Chef Arnon Oren, general manager Ashley Emery and chef Ross Kaplan of Sailing Goat at Point San Pablo Harbor. (Photo/Courtesy Sailing Goat)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Sailing Goat restaurant anchors an offbeat East Bay harbor 

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 27, 2023July 5, 2023
The pastrami at Ethel's is made from Wagyu beef, cured in an original spice blend, and the pickles are house-made. (Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

New deli and bagel joint in Petaluma is an homage to grandma Ethel

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 23, 2023June 27, 2023
Detail from "The Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inTorah

If your emotional home is in a bad place, move it

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg June 22, 2023June 22, 2023
(Photo/Pixabay-HolgersFotografie CC0)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Misadventure of a miscreant Broadway baby

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz June 21, 2023June 21, 2023
Members of the recently formed Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in June 1979 during the “San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.” (Photo/Joe Altman-California Historical Society)
Posted inFrom the Archives

In the ’70s and ’80s, our letter-writers went to battle over gay rights

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 20, 2023June 21, 2023
Kosher Oasis customers enjoying their meal al fresco at the Oshman Family JCC. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Joey Felsen)
Posted inJewish Life

Kosher community loses ‘oasis’ of falafel, sushi and Yemenite specialties at Palo Alto JCC

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 19, 2023June 27, 2023
A dragon analogous to Sefer Yetzirah's T'li illustrates the Lunar Nodes in "Astronomicum Caesareum" by Petrus Apianus, 1540.
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Tamuz: A major shift in Jewish astrology this month

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude June 19, 2023June 19, 2023
a colorful illustration of two men hefting a large branch with a large bunch of grapes on it
Posted inJewish Life

The Torah’s persuasive warning against confirmation bias

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen June 16, 2023June 16, 2023
The author's Zumba instructor, Asya Deliahmedova, dancing at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Photo/Instagram @asinka82)
Posted inAct Two

True confessions of a lifelong klutz now hooked on Zumba

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent June 14, 2023June 14, 2023
Calligraphy by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan reading 'El na refa na la,' a line from this week's Torah portion.
Posted inColumns

This soothing healing prayer puts care and comfort into the world

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan June 9, 2023June 9, 2023

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