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Akrav (AKA Scorpio), ruling sign of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, as drawn in a 1322 German Shavuot prayer book.
Posted inColumns

Horoscopes for the month of Cheshvan: the nose knows

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude October 25, 2022
Evan Goldstein at Oracle Park, where he is the first-ever master sommelier for a major league sports team.
(Photo/San Francisco Giants-Suzanna Mitchell)
Posted inSports

In a sports first, Giants hire master sommelier to elevate ballpark wines

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 25, 2022October 25, 2022
Portrait of Florence Prag Kahn in the collection of the Library of Congress
Posted inFrom the Archives

How this San Franciscan became the first Jewish woman in Congress

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 24, 2022October 27, 2022
An Ethiopian Jewish pillow depicting Adam and Eve (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inTorah

Like Abraham and Sarah, you can steer yourself to be the human you want to be

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg October 21, 2022October 21, 2022
Sharks play-by-play man Dan Rusanowsky (left) with Augie's founder Lex Gopnik-Lewinski at the SAP Center in San Jose, where Augie's smoke meat is available during games. (Photo/Courtesy Rusanowsky)
Posted inSmall Bites

No more Augie’s store, but the meat is still around; Loquat opens in S.F.; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 20, 2022November 7, 2022
Conklin Bros. carpet dealers delivering by mule, as seen in a 1902 issue of the Emanu-El (this publication's original name).
Posted inFrom the Archives

Vintage newspaper ads: 120 years ago, your carpets came by mule

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 19, 2022
Anna Voloshyna (Photo/Anastasia Blackman) is the author of "Budmo!"
Posted inOrganic Epicure

‘Budmo!’ Ukrainian émigré Anna Voloshyna’s timely new cookbook

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 17, 2022November 7, 2022
Watercolor of an etrog by Amanda Almira Newton, 1916, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Posted inTorah

It’s splendorous. It’s packed with meaning. It’s the etrog.

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 14, 2022October 13, 2022
From the cover of "The Very Best Sukkah"
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Book takes Jewish children to ‘The Very Best Sukkah’ — in Uganda

Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder by Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder and Forward October 13, 2022October 13, 2022
Three Sacramento synagogues were attacked in summer of 1999 by white supremacists, as seen on our front page at the time.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Synagogue security? It’s long been on Bay Area Jews’ minds.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 12, 2022October 12, 2022

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