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teacher with head covered speaking in microphone at school meeting
Posted inBay Area

Santa Clara board agrees teacher violated policy by showing anti-Israel Holocaust video

by Emma Goss November 11, 2025November 17, 2025
Beautifully manicured senior hands with red nails and jewelry on a marble surface.
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

‘You don’t look your age’ isn’t the compliment you think it is

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz November 11, 2025November 5, 2025
A house-made bagel is served alongside a borscht cocktail made with spirits, beet juice, pickled beets, ginger, poppy seeds and a mint garnish at Super Mensch. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

At Super Mensch, creative cocktails come with a side of Jewish nostalgia

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 7, 2025November 20, 2025
"Abraham and the Three Angels" by James Tissot, ca. 1900.
Posted inTorah

Judaism teaches us to remain warm and kind in a world gone cold and cruel

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg November 6, 2025November 6, 2025
A memorial to those who died in the pogrom in Kishinev (Chisinau, Moldova). (Wikicommons/Duesseljan)
Posted inOff the Shelf

Modern ‘erasure poetry’ and 1904 Bialik poem are reverberations of Jewish past

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 30, 2025October 31, 2025
Avoid Halloween disappointment in 1926. (J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Halloween, once a treat for Jews, became a tricky topic in the ’80s and ’90s

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 30, 2025November 2, 2025
Abram Journeying into the Land of Canaan
Posted inTorah

With hostages home, we can imagine Lech Lecha anew

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf October 30, 2025October 30, 2025
Clifford's Tower in York
Posted inAct Two

A walking tour of York highlights England’s messy history with Jews

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 28, 2025October 29, 2025
Dorothy Saxe celebrated her 99th birthday on Feb. 10, 2025. (Courtesy)
Posted inHealth

Why my 99-year-old mother-in-law still doesn’t feel old

by Dr. Jerry Saliman October 24, 2025October 29, 2025
"The Deluge" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inTorah

What comes after the flood? A long, hard slog out of despair

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 23, 2025October 23, 2025

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