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a lit menorah
Posted inColumns

Horoscopes for month of Kislev: Shining the light of truth in an unjust world 

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude November 4, 2021November 3, 2021
"The Burial of Sarah" by Gustave Dore
Posted inTorah

The death of Sarah is the Torah at its most relatable

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 29, 2021October 28, 2021
Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in "Dune."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Timothée Chalamet goes to space; Zoë Kravitz goes to Gotham; The Jews go to the ‘Jewish Nobels’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 27, 2021
Sagie Kleinlerer, general manager of Covenant Wines, has his own label now and two varietals.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Covenant manager branches out and grows his own (non-kosher) wine label

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 27, 2021March 15, 2022
Dancers rehearse choreographer Alyssa Mitchel’s “Here. Now.” outside the Exploratorium in San Francisco. (Photo/Kyle Adler)
Posted inCultured

Ready, set, play! Bay Area in-person performances mark a step back to normal.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 26, 2021October 28, 2021
Carmel Greenberg is the head winemaker at Clos Du Val in Napa Valley. 
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Meet Carmel Greenberg, the first Israeli woman to be a head winemaker in Napa

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 25, 2021March 15, 2022
"Abraham and the Three Angels" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

How do we offer hospitality in this day and age? 

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 22, 2021October 22, 2021
From the cover of “Jerusalem Beach: Stories” by Iddo Gefen
Posted inOff the Shelf

New short story collections: Imaginative fairy tales and affecting Israeli tales

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 20, 2021
a church steeple
Posted inKids & Family

I don’t want my Jewish son to become a Christian

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler October 20, 2021
A medical worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine at Barzilai Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on Dec. 20, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Gil Cohen-Magen-AFP via Getty)
Posted inAct Two

My granddaughter won’t get vaccinated, and I can’t change her mind

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 18, 2021October 18, 2021

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