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a photo of a tiny globe
Posted inTorah

For Earth Day, hang on to these two little pieces of paper

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan April 21, 2023April 21, 2023
(Photo/publicdomainphotos.net)
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Iyar: Signs of personal growth approaching

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude April 20, 2023
The makings of greatness. (Photo/Janet Silver Ghent)
Posted inUncategorized

Don’t discard that poultry carcass! Send it my way — giblets, too

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 19, 2023
"The Two Priests Are Destroyed" by James Tissot, ca. 1900, shows Nadav and Avihu being struck down in this week's Torah portion, Shemini.
Posted inTorah

Important lessons on whether to go for it, or to look before we leap

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon April 14, 2023
Alison Negrin
Posted inOrganic Epicure

This East Bay chef may be retired, but she’s still in the kitchen

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 13, 2023April 18, 2023
Karen Galatz, 11, and her father Julius Galatz, taken by Karen's brother Malcolm Galatz, a professional photographer who had photos in Life magazine.
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Sweet memories of a short-order cook, and my father

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 10, 2023
A Yiddish-language Soviet propaganda poster promotes pork production in the 1930s.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

How food choices shape Jewish identity: Let’s start with pork

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 10, 2023April 17, 2023
"Pharaoh's Army Engulfed by the Red Sea" by Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1900
Posted inTorah

Post-seder postscript: Why not hate the Egyptians?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 7, 2023
A charoset competition covered in our pages in 1978, with contestants (left to right) Augusta Levin, Kate Shannen, Sonia Mintz, Frieda Gross, Rachel Fishman, Celia Gold, Ruby Tobias and Bessie Goldberg. There's no word on who won! (Photo/J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Decades ago, our Passover recipes boldly name-dropped brands

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 4, 2023April 4, 2023
"Moses Pleading with Israel" by Providence Lithograph Company, ca. 1907
Posted inTorah

In Moses’ self-doubt, a great lesson in humility

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

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