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“Moses and the Ten Commandments,” engraving by H. Martin, ca. 1850
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Jewish horoscopes: This month, you’ve got to have heart

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude June 3, 2022
"The Numbering of the Israelites," engraving by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, mid-19th century
Posted inTorah

How to speak of God’s love in a hurting world? In a whisper.

George Altshuler by George Altshuler June 3, 2022June 2, 2022
a 19th century painting of the scene
Posted inTorah

Ready to move your emotional home to the Promised Land?

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg May 27, 2022May 26, 2022
Comestibles Fine Catering and Supper Club prepping dinners.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

How Shabbat dinner kept the lights on for this caterer during the pandemic

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 25, 2022June 7, 2022
From a 1997 issue of the Jewish Bulletin, this publication's previous name.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Bay Area delis and Jewish markets of yore — gone but not forgotten

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 23, 2022May 24, 2022
A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inTorah

For a relationship with God, we’ve got to make progress every day

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen May 20, 2022May 19, 2022
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
Posted inColumns

We cannot teach Torah by avoiding portions we don’t like

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan May 13, 2022May 13, 2022
Jewish women protesting for abortion rights in the 1970s. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Women International)
Posted inOpinion

Would my 1971 ‘missed abortion’ be criminal in a post-Roe world?

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent May 11, 2022May 12, 2022
This ad appeared in the Jewish Bulletin (this publication's previous name) in 1976.
Posted inFrom the Archives

What rabbis said about abortion in our paper in 1975

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 10, 2022
Mikołaj Grynberg is the author of the short story collection "I'd Like to Say I'm Sorry, but There's No One to Say Sorry to." (Photo/Wikimedia-Jacek Proszyk)
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Haunting story collection provides portrait of Jewish life in postwar Poland

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 9, 2022July 12, 2023

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