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Smitten's new "MVP" ice cream is a celebration of Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo/Courtesy Smitten)
Posted inColumns

VP Harris, this cone’s for you; kosher bakery in trouble; artisanal cheese of the month; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 26, 2021February 2, 2021
A page from the famed German Birds’ Head Haggadah, ca. 1300.
Posted inTorah

Being there for someone means imagining what it’s like to be them

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg January 22, 2021January 21, 2021
Zach Braff in "Alex, Inc."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Zach Braff nominates himself to play Jon Ossoff on SNL; Dr. Ruth gets vaccinated; Jewish ‘Bridgerton’ novelist; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 20, 2021
Square Pie Guys' Detroit-style pizza (Photo/Courtesy Carolyn Insley)
Posted inSmall Bites

Square Pie Guys bringing funny-shaped pizza to Oakland; new bagel operations expand; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 20, 2021January 20, 2021
A visualization of DNA sequences. (Photo/Shutterstock-Isak55)
Posted inJewish Life

Does this DNA test mean I’m Jewish?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler January 19, 2021
D’li the water bucket, AKA Aquarius, the sign of the Jewish people, in a 1322 German prayerbook.
Posted inUncategorized

Month of Shevat: Amid the chaos, you’ll get by with a little help from your friends

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude January 18, 2021January 19, 2021
La Cocina executive director Caleb Zigas, shown here at Besharam, earned a James Beard Award for his leadership. (Photo/Courtesy La Cocina)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Director of food incubator for women of color to nurture his baby a little longer

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 18, 2021January 20, 2021
From the cover of “The Language of Thieves: My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate” by Martin Puchner.
Posted inOff the Shelf

Two new books burrow into Yiddish and the ‘language of thieves’

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
"Moses Speaks to Pharaoh" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

Playing God’s name game can show us a brighter future 

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
a stack of newspapers
Posted inAct Two

I think like a journalist, and maybe that’s my problem

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent January 13, 2021

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