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A renaissance painting of two people, one of them Esau, speaking while crouched over a small flame
Posted inTorah

A saga that begins with strife and ends with hope

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 20, 2020November 19, 2020
an empty park bench on a path near some trees
Posted inParenting

My much-needed, spontaneous pandemic chill-out

by Julie Levine November 18, 2020
image of men wearing kippahs
Posted inMixed & Matched

Is it reasonable to expect to marry my Orthodox boyfriend?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler November 17, 2020
David and Mary Sperber with children Evan and Amelia, around 1994, in the Town’s End kitchen.
Posted inJewish Life

Fond farewell to Town’s End; Sexual harassment among sommeliers; Ottolenghi’s ‘Master Class’; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 17, 2020November 17, 2020
Sagittarius, the ruling sign of the month of Kislev, from a 1322 German prayer book.
Posted inAstrolojew

Month of Kislev: Two eclipses and a short, sharp shock

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude November 16, 2020December 14, 2020
a very crusty loaf of bread sits on a wooden paddle
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Kosher sourdough rises in the East (Bay)

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 13, 2020November 16, 2020
A Thanksgiving cornucopia with fruit, gourds, etc.
Posted inParenting

Parenting through this pandemic Thanksgiving

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
“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
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Posted inColumns

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

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz November 5, 2020

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