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“Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well” by Carlo Moratta, 1657
Posted inTorah

What the servant ‘said’ was huge

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sept. 17, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Matt Winkelmeyer-Getty Images)
Posted inTV

Scarlett Johansson gets hitched; Bob Dylan on antisemitism; Patinkin serenades voting phone bankers; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 10, 2020November 16, 2020
(Photo/needpix.com-suetot)
Posted inColumns

Our gardener has left — why is that making me cry?

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz November 5, 2020
Jean-François Millet's unfinished painting of Hagar and Ishmael, 1849.
Posted inTorah

For the good of all our children: Torah for after the election

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg November 5, 2020November 6, 2020
“The Caravan of Abraham” by James Tissot, ca. 1900.
Posted inTorah

Like Abraham, we must leave things behind to move forward

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein October 30, 2020October 29, 2020
At Gather restaurant in Berkeley, owner Eric Fenster is operating under the assumption that busy indoor scenes like this one won't be back for a long time. (Photo/Twitter-@GatherBerkeley)
Posted inColumns

After pandemic pause, Berkeley’s Gather restaurant returns with new plans

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 28, 2020October 29, 2020
Larry David at the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Season 9 premiere at the SVA Theater in New York, Sept. 27, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Jamie McCarthy-Getty Images)
Posted inFilm

Larry David gets hitched; ‘Crip Camp’ racks up noms; Sorkin’s inspiration for ‘Chicago 7’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 27, 2020October 27, 2020
Julie Levine's son.
Posted inParenting

It all turned out fine, so it looks like my worrying worked

by Julie Levine October 27, 2020
Midnite Bagel is one of three new bagel operations that have popped up in the Bay Area in recent months.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Hallelujah, it’s raining bagels in the Bay Area

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 26, 2020October 27, 2020
covers of "Golem Girl" and "A Place of Exodus"
Posted inOff the Shelf

Gripping memoirs by writers who aren’t exactly famous

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 23, 2020October 28, 2020

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