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Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (second from right) marching with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the second Selma to Montgomery civil rights march on Mar. 21, 1965.
Posted inFrom the Archives

When MLK’s favorite rabbi came to the Bay Area

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 17, 2023January 17, 2023
"The Finding of Moses" by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1904.
Posted inTorah

Is there power in keeping your name the same?

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan January 13, 2023January 13, 2023
"Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph" by Rembrandt, 1656
Posted inJewish Life

Sometimes, an inflated capital-T Truth is needed to deflate disharmony

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon January 6, 2023December 30, 2022
Chef David Yoshimura just earned a Michelin star for his San Francisco restaurant Nisei. (Photo/Brianna Danner) Right: Dessert plate from Nisei with matcha nerikiri, red bean coffee yokan, ginger pate de fuille and pumpkin mochi. (Photo/Tina Yang)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Michelin-starred Nisei chef David Yoshimura leans into his cultures 

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 3, 2023January 3, 2023
"Joseph, Overseer of the Pharaoh's Granaries" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1874
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The ABC’s of fixing a relationship SNAFU in your life

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 30, 2022
(Photo/Wikimedia-Przemysław Wierzbowski CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

A rose is a rose — unless it’s a challah

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz December 30, 2022
Gidi (aka Capricorn) as drawn in a 1322 German Shavuot prayer book
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for the month of Tevet: People get ready, there’s a change a-comin’.

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude December 23, 2022January 9, 2023
"Mattathias Appealing to Jewish Refugees" by Gustav Doré, 1866
Posted inTorah

This week’s dark Torah portion prepares us for ascent into the light

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein December 23, 2022December 22, 2022
From our Jan. 6, 1899 issue
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In the 1890s, Bay Area Jews said a cautious ‘yes’ to Christmas

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 22, 2022December 22, 2022
Covers of "ParshaNut" and "Dirshuni"
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Unconventional Torah commentaries add valuable perspectives to the mix

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 22, 2022December 23, 2022

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