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Posted inMixed & Matched

The kids are all grown up … and now I want Christmas!

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler February 10, 2022
Bagels from Midnite Bagel (Photo/Instagram-@midnitebagel)
Posted inSmall Bites

Midnite Bagel goes brick-and-mortar; Local Butcher Shop goes worker-owned

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 9, 2022March 15, 2022
André Leon Talley at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inAct Two

André Leon Talley, Oprah and me

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 7, 2022February 7, 2022
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inTorah

Our hands and heads held high, let’s scale those spiritual heights

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan February 4, 2022February 4, 2022
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Posted inHealth

Advance health care directives are a gift to your loved ones

by Dr. Jerry Saliman February 3, 2022
Wallace Shawn and Elena Anaya in "Rifkin's Festival," directed by Woody Allen.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Israel’s Olympic skiers; Fran Drescher takes over SAG; Wallace Shawn defends Woody Allen

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 2, 2022
Élodie Yung in the "The Cleaning Lady"
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

I didn’t know being a baleboosta coulda made me a star

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz February 2, 2022February 2, 2022
D’li the water bucket, AKA Aquarius, the sign of the Jewish people, in a 1322 German prayerbook.
Posted inColumns

Horoscopes for Adar I: There’s no place like home

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude January 31, 2022
Below the fold on the front page of our May 20, 1994 issue
Posted inNews

That time Stephen Breyer was kicked out of the Soviet Union, and five other tidbits from our archives

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 28, 2022June 21, 2022
A view of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 17, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Emil Lippe-Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

In a time of crisis, set aside resentments and rouse your better angels 

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon January 27, 2022January 27, 2022

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