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The Alhambra in Spain has countless stairs, which became a problem for columnist Karen Galatz during a 2025 vacation. (BélaBéla via Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

We must fight medical ageism. I won’t just ‘live with it’

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz January 2, 2026January 9, 2026
A memorial for the Bondi Beach massacre victims at the Bondi Pavilion quickly filled with flowers and tributes in the days after the Dec. 14 attack. (Sardaka/CC0 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTorah

Confronting death in the Torah and at Bondi Beach

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 31, 2025January 2, 2026
I found myself reminiscing over family photos and mementos during the move.
(Allen F. Podell/Courtesy)
Posted inAct Two

We did it! We downsized, packed up our memories and moved into senior housing

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent December 29, 2025December 30, 2025
Miss Ray Frank in Stockton's Daily Record newspaper in 1897. (CDNC)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Was Ray Frank of Oakland the first woman rabbi?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 26, 2025December 26, 2025
"Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brethren," ca. 1900 by James Tissot
Posted inTorah

Jewish universalism or Jewish particularism? It’s a false choice

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg December 24, 2025December 23, 2025
"Joseph Interprets Dreams While in Prison" by James Tissot, ca. 1900.
Posted inTorah

In the Torah, as in our world today, everyone is capable of change

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler December 18, 2025December 19, 2025
“Always Carry Salt” author Samantha Ellis’ mother at the arch of Ctesiphon near Baghdad in the 1960s. (Courtesy Samantha Ellis)
Posted inOff the Shelf

In memoir, author yearns for an Iraqi Jewish culture just out of reach

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 17, 2025December 17, 2025
Director Rob Reiner in a discussion following a screening of the film "LBJ" at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 (Jay Godwin)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Rob Reiner told J. he saw political activism through a Jewish lens

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 16, 2025December 17, 2025
Cookin’ owner Judith Kaminsky stands in her kitchen supply store in San Francisco. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Cookin’ is ready to sell its last Jello-O molds and meat grinders

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 12, 2025December 12, 2025
Judah and Tamar
Posted inTorah

Is Judah, our namesake, the hero we want him to be?

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon December 11, 2025December 11, 2025

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