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Andy Samberg and Maya Rudolph are the hosts of "Baking It."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Schlubby Adam Sandler couture blows up; Hanukkah takes over ‘Baking It’; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 21, 2021December 21, 2021
Cuban bowl with plantains and kale slaw at the Buck Wild Taproom (Photo/Alix Wall), Bryan Tublin in the Mission District at the Kitava Kitchen.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

On a special diet? Or not? Kitava Kitchen’s menu expands outward

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 20, 2021March 15, 2022
From “When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers” by New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein
Posted inOff the Shelf

New Yorker cartoonist brings to life lost Yiddish essays by European teens of 1930s

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 17, 2021December 20, 2021
"Jacob's Last Moments" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

If I blend my plea to God, does that make it a mixed blessing?

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan December 17, 2021December 16, 2021
Sharks play-by-play man Dan Rusanowsky (left) with Augie's founder Lex Gopnik-Lewinski at the SAP Center in San Jose, where Augie's smoke meat is available during games. (Photo/Courtesy Rusanowsky)
Posted inSports

Augie’s Montreal Deli comes to Sharks arena; Fink’s cocktails come to Napa

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 16, 2021March 15, 2022
Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz. (Photo/Wikimedia-Dvortygirl CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

With mikvahs closed, complete your conversion in wild waters

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
Raised in Boston, brothers Jesse (left) and Josh Jacobs have brought Detroit-style pizza to San Francisco with Joyride Pizza.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Joyride Pizza is a long trip from the hippie cuisine of their childhood

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 14, 2021March 15, 2022
“Joseph Sold Into Egypt” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Try some forgiveness — ‘a grace too powerful to name’

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon December 10, 2021December 9, 2021
(From left) Drew Himmelstein's husband, Aaron, and their sons, Harvey and Nate. (Photo/Himmelstein)
Posted inParenting

Final column: How my kids learned to say ‘thank you’ — and mean it

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein December 8, 2021December 8, 2021
Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, NY, is the final resting place of members of Karen Galatz's family.
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

The eternal question of my grandparents’ cemetery care 

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz December 7, 2021

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