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Illustration from a 1917 issue of this newspaper, showing Rosh Hashanah "Jewish New Year's Customs Observed in Ancient Times."
Posted inFrom the Archives

From Rosh Hashanah columns of yore, hopes for the future

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 21, 2022September 21, 2022
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

How to turn Torah’s troubling curses into relevant, modern-day advice

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein September 16, 2022September 15, 2022
Our front page tribute to the Munich 11, 50 years ago this week.
Posted inFrom the Archives

50 years ago this week: How Bay Area Jews mourned Israeli Olympians killed in Munich Massacre

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 15, 2022
Willi's Wine Bar (Photo/Instagra @williswinebar)
Posted inSmall Bites

Grossman’s Noshery owners celebrate 20 years in the biz

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 13, 2022
An ad for chicken that says "Get more 'tov' during 'yom tov'"
Posted inFrom the Archives

‘Hazelnuttorten and brodtorten’ for the High Holidays, anyone?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 12, 2022
Delirama owners Anahita Cann (left) and Cash Caris turned their Delirama pop-up into a North Berkeley restaurant in August. (Photo/Alix Wall); A pastrami sandwich with chips from Delirama (Photo/Instagram @deliramaofficial)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Whether you eat meat or not, Delirama has pastrami for you

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 12, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Jan. 23, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inColumns

We have faced Amaleks like Putin forever, but with morality we can prevail

George Altshuler by George Altshuler September 9, 2022September 9, 2022
Greg Bernson and his daughter Janelle Loiselle behind the counter of Magnolia Park Kitchen, site of their Bubbala's pop up, in August 2022. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

All in the family: Bubbala’s father-daughter deli pop-up ready for holidays

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 5, 2022September 7, 2022
In 1898, foie gras was cheap
Posted inFrom the Archives

Whatever happened to $4 per lb. for kosher brisket?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 2, 2022September 2, 2022
Moses at the Burning Bush by James Tissot
Posted inColumns

Friending God: how we keep each other close

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg September 2, 2022September 1, 2022

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