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Thistle founders Ash Cheriyan (left) and Shiri Avnery. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Veggie-forward meal service Thistle is grounded in family roots

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 8, 2023June 8, 2023
From our March 26, 1926 issue, heralding the then-new Emanu-El building
Posted inFrom the Archives

‘Dedicated to the cause of Judaism’: Years after devastating 1906 quake, Emanu-El rose again

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 7, 2023June 8, 2023
Collin Doran stands outside his Homemade Cafe in Berkeley. The Stars of David in the mural are made of bacon strips. (Photo/Charlotte Doran)
Posted inJewish Life

With a $5 ask, Homemade Cafe fights hunger on Berkeley’s streets

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 1, 2023June 8, 2023
Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock on "Star Trek") repurposed the hand gesture used during the Priestly Blessing as the otherworldly Vulcan salute. (Photo/CBS)
Posted inTorah

The priests are gone, but their special prayer still fills me with awe

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon June 1, 2023June 1, 2023
The illustration that inspired this column by artist Davi Cheng (Copyright Be'Chol Lashon)
Posted inTorah

Mount Sinai’s lessons include a powerful one about Jews of color

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
covers of "We Set the Night on Fire," "Sculpting a Life" and "Workin' for a Livin'"
Posted inCulture

New books by local authors dive into music biz, gay history, sci-fi and Jewish theology

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 24, 2023May 25, 2023
Kaz Bagels (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inSmall Bites

‘Drewish’ deli coming to Healdsburg; more bagels on the Bay Area scene

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 24, 2023June 8, 2023
An Israeli postage stamp from 1961 depicts Gemini, the sign of the Hebrew month of Sivan. The Hebrew text reads "Mazal T'omim — the sign of Gemini" and "Chodesh Sivan — the month of Sivan." (Photo/Flickr-karen horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Sivan: To change your luck, change your place

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
From the cover of "The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants" by Orlando Ortega-Medina
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Fitful Sleep of Immigrants’: Novel set in S.F. peels back the layers of a gay Jew’s psyche

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 19, 2023May 19, 2023
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Moses required solitude, even though the people resented it

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 19, 2023May 18, 2023

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