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Janet Silver Ghent's very own Mr. Fix-It
Posted inAct Two

Home repair project? I never nix it now that I’ve got Mr. Fix-It

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 9, 2023
a photo of a pair of calloused, dirty hands
Posted inColumns

Workaholics of the world, unite!

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz February 6, 2023
a 19th century painting of the scene
Posted inTorah

The monumental things that happen in the in-between

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf February 3, 2023February 2, 2023
Part of a kidney dialysis machine in operation. (Photo/U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
Posted inSeniors

How to slow the progression of chronic kidney disease

by Dr. Jerry Saliman February 1, 2023
Dana Koschitzky's babka. (Photo/Dafna Adler)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Israeli baker’s babkas are selling like hotcakes in Napa

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 31, 2023February 1, 2023
From the cover of “Resurrecting the Jew: Nationalism, Philosemitism, and Poland's Jewish Revival” by Geneviève Zubrzycki
Posted inBooks

New book explores ‘magical philosemitism’ in modern-day Poland

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 30, 2023January 31, 2023
Theodor Herzl, father of modern political Zionism. (Photo/JTA-GPO via Getty Images)
Posted inFrom the Archives

What did Bay Area Jews make of Theodor Herzl in the 1890s?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 30, 2023
“Pharaoh Notes the Importance of the Jewish People” by James Tissot, 1900
Posted inTorah

Build a society on justice and compassion, and it will endure

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg January 27, 2023January 26, 2023
an image of water with globs of olive oil mixed in
Posted inColumns

Horoscopes for Shevat, the month when oil and water mix

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude January 23, 2023
"The Fifth Plague" by Gustav Doré, 1866
Posted inTorah

A pre-Pesach lesson on God’s mighty hand and plague No. 5

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

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