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Sachin Chopra and Shoshana Wolff in front of their new cafe at the Half Moon Bay Airport.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

At Pilot Light Cafe, watch planes come and go in Half Moon Bay

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 13, 2022April 28, 2022
From the cover of "Useful Junk" by Erika Meitner
Posted inOff the Shelf

Three new poetry books to savor during National Poetry Month

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 12, 2022July 20, 2022
Phil Narodick (seated) and Eli Zigas (with hat) and Ilyse Magy (in the red), the organizers of the Schmearicle on King Street.
Posted inSmall Bites

In season of miracles, Berkeley bagel-lovers saw a ‘schmearicle’ 

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
Bread! (Photo/Wikimedia-3268zauber CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inTorah

Expel that yeast! (And get rid of the thorn from your own life) 

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg April 8, 2022April 7, 2022
a photo of a shooting star
Posted inAstrolojew

Jewish horoscopes: Wish upon a star — for the first time since 1856

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude April 1, 2022April 4, 2022
"Miriam Shut Out From the Camp" by James Tissot
Posted inTorah

When toxic talk led to a physical disease

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 1, 2022April 1, 2022
A 1949 announcement in this paper about Bat (or Bas) mitzvah classes
Posted inFrom the Archives

San Francisco’s first bat mitzvah in 1947 paved the way for others

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 29, 2022
Audrey Hepburn at Horn & Hardart, an automat chain that is the subject of the documentary "The Automat."
Posted inFilm

‘The Automat’ documentary with Mel Brooks and RBG opens; Celebrating Italian Jewish food; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 29, 2022March 30, 2022
Founder Matt Cohen at an Off the Grid event. (Photo/Grace Sager)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Off the Grid’s food truck Fridays are back on at Fort Mason

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 25, 2022March 30, 2022
"The Two Priests Are Destroyed" by James Tissot, ca. 1900, shows Nadav and Avihu being struck down in this week's Torah portion, Shemini.
Posted inTorah

Why is the Rabbi of Chelm contemplating the Indigo Girls?

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 25, 2022March 24, 2022

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