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In a 1926 issue of this newspaper, Rabbi S. Felix Mendelsohn wrote about what he called “Jewish nationalism,” which we today would call a secular Jewish identity.
Posted inFrom the Archives

This week’s JCRC survey reminds us: We’ve been asking ‘Who is a Jew?’ for a long time

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 7, 2022December 7, 2022
covers of "Near Normal Man," "Rebecca of Salerno" and "Trial Lawyer"
Posted inBooks

New memoirs, novels and poetry collections from local Jewish authors

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 7, 2022May 24, 2023
Scott Kravitz (left) is the creator of Ray's Cocktail Eggs. (Photo/Natasha Saravanja)
Posted inSmall Bites

Scott Kravitz’s pickled cocktail eggs; Manischewitz’s ‘Crypto Gelt’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 5, 2022December 30, 2022
"Jacob Talks With Laban" by Charles Foster, 1897
Posted inTorah

Jacob has a lesson for us: Make sure we get the true story

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen December 2, 2022December 1, 2022
the ad promotes Zenith-brand radios with a "magic dial"
Posted inFrom the Archives

We worry about hate speech on Twitter. 90 years ago, it was hate speech on the radio.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 1, 2022
a lit menorah
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for the month of Kislev: dreams of hope

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude November 30, 2022
"Isaac Blessing Jacob," 1637 by Giuseppe Ribera
Posted inTorah

 Why we the people turn to an ‘Esau type’ in troubled times

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 24, 2022November 23, 2022
Wild mushroom latkes at Mark 'n Mike's, the Jewish deli concept at One Market. (Photo/Hardy Wilson)
Posted inSmall Bites

Eight kinds of latkes in S.F.; Boichik Bagels opens in Palo Alto; Kosher bakery in San Mateo

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 22, 2022December 30, 2022
the cover says "EMANU-EL" in large letters and features an old photo of a man with a beard
Posted inFrom the Archives

‘All hail!’ 127 years ago today, this newspaper’s first issue

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 22, 2022November 22, 2022
"Burial of Sarah" by Gustave Dore
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What did Isaac see at the ‘Well of Vision’?

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

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