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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
Laurie Leiber's kits can help you make bagels that look this good.
Posted inSmall Bites

Kits to make those bagels yourself; Boichik launches ‘pink label’ cream cheese; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 17, 2021February 22, 2021
Director Steven Spielberg speaks onstage during the Academy Awards, Feb. 9, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Spielberg wins Genesis Prize; Evan Rachel Wood details antisemitic abuse by ex Marilyn Manson; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 17, 2021February 17, 2021
From the cover of “Concealed: Memoir of a Jewish-Iranian Daughter Caught Between the Chador and America” by Esther Amini.
Posted inBooks

Family histories open new windows on historical events

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 16, 2021February 17, 2021

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