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The Golden Calf, as seen in the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
Posted inTorah

Sinai should’ve been all ecstasy. Then the Golden Calf happened. What went wrong?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen March 5, 2021March 4, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-Shay Barzilai CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inParenting

Is my birthday boy getting too used to being isolated?

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein March 4, 2021
Elinor Nahmani (left) and Arkadi Kluger, owners of Olive catering company, at a Longboard Vineyards event.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

At first things were the pits, but now Olive is thriving

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 2, 2021May 8, 2025
two black-and-white portraits of a man and woman
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

An unexpected email brings joy. I’ve got mishpocha!

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz March 1, 2021March 1, 2021
Zoe Kravitz in "High Fidelity."
Posted inCulture

Maxwell the singing Jewish wrestler; Carole King up for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; Azealia Banks is (not) a Jew; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 26, 2021March 1, 2021
(Photo/Wikimedia-Olaf.herfurth CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inTorah

Your Shabbat table is magic. No, really. The rabbis said so.

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan February 26, 2021February 25, 2021
Janet Silver Ghent (left) and her husband care for elephants at a sanctuary in Thailand in 2018.
Posted inAct Two

Itching to travel again, but can our bodies handle the rigors?

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 24, 2021
Len Lehmann, Portola Vineyards owner and winemaker, in the field in September 2020.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

South Bay investor puts his stock in making organic kosher wine

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 22, 2021
“Moses and Joshua Bowing Before the Ark” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

The power and the mystery of the cherubim, explained

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon February 19, 2021February 18, 2021
Eitan Hilleli (right) with his son Joseph at Sabra Grill.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Sabra Grill, once SF’s only kosher restaurant, is in danger of shutting down

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 18, 2021March 3, 2021

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