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“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Why the Torah’s itty-bitty aleph has such huge meaning

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 11, 2022March 10, 2022
From the society page in our Sept. 1, 1922 edition
Posted inFrom the Archives

Once upon a time, our ‘Society’ pages chronicled the lives of Jewish women

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 9, 2022
The front page of our May 9, 1986 paper detailed the attempts of Bay Area Ukrainian Jews to contact family after the Chernobyl disaster.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Timeline of Ukrainian Jews in our pages over the years

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 7, 2022April 14, 2022
Benjamin West's "Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant" (Image/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTorah

All systems go! How the Jews began their takeoff in Exodus

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein March 3, 2022March 7, 2022
A Jewish calendar, showing Adar II between 1927 and 1948. (Photo/Wikicommons)
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Adar II: Celestial chiropractic adjustments

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude March 3, 2022March 7, 2022
Micah Siva's passion for Jewish food runs deep.
Posted inFood

Ready to nosh? Try funfetti or pizza hamantaschen

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 1, 2022March 19, 2024
Detail from Paolo Veronese's 'Esther Crowned by Ahasuerus,' 1556.
Posted inTorah

Focusing on God and community once a week is a good thing

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf February 24, 2022
The Gold 'N' Silver Inn sign in Reno, Nevada
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

It’s hard to say goodbye to an iconic local diner

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz February 23, 2022March 7, 2022
A group gathers around the Torah at Congregation Beth Sholom, led by Rabbi Alan Lew (third from right, facing Torah) in 1994. (Photo/Phil Head)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Forward-looking Beth Sholom looks back at 100 years of progress

by Dan Pine February 18, 2022
The Golden Calf, as seen in the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
Posted inUncategorized

Does your story of yourself help or hinder you?

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg February 18, 2022February 17, 2022

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