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A photo of Kate Gosselin of the reality series "Jon and Kate Plus 8" was the basis for one of the original Karen memes. (Photo/knowyourmeme.com)
Posted inUncategorized

My name is under attack — enough with Karen memes!

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz October 9, 2020
Mark ’n Mike’s “Big Fresser” platter. (Photo/Hardy Wilson)
Posted inSmall Bites

S.F.’s upscale One Market kicks off N.Y.-style deli pop-up

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 8, 2020October 12, 2020
Epic Bites owner Heshy Fried zests a lemon. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

From busy blogger to ‘epic’ kosher caterer

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 5, 2020October 6, 2020
(Photo/Flickr-zeevzeev CC BY 2.0)
Posted inTorah

Under the sukkah with the Rabbi of Chelm, the city of holy fools

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 2, 2020October 1, 2020
closeup of hands clasped in prayer in a dark room
Posted inMixed & Matched

My wife and kids are Jewish. Is it OK to pray in Jesus’ name?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler September 30, 2020
jones and murray looks perplexed as they sit in the front seat of a small old red convertible
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Disney Channel does Rosh Hashanah; Abbie Hoffman on Netflix; Rashida Jones costars with Bill Murray; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 29, 2020September 29, 2020
a white teenage boy sits in a facemask
Posted inParenting

The new normal is not normal, but the kids seem all right

by Julie Levine September 25, 2020
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

This Shabbat, ‘give ear’ to the calls of the prophets

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 25, 2020September 24, 2020
An array of Shuk Shuka dips in refillable glass jars.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Shuk Shuka’s new dips; Toy Boat Café gets a new owner; Wise Sons goes for kimchi in Oakland; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 24, 2020September 25, 2020
From the cover art for "The Tunnel" by A.B. Yehoshua.
Posted inOff the Shelf

New Israeli novels explore the weight of memory

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman September 23, 2020October 14, 2020

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