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Two new works of historical fiction: “Villa of Delirium” by Adrien Goetz and “Exile Music” by Jennifer Steil.
Posted inOff the Shelf

On the Riviera, in Bolivia … Jewish historical fiction that travels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 31, 2020October 14, 2020
Main sanctuary of Eldridge Street Synagogue (Photo/Wikimedia-Jason3081 CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

Are my friends giving me bad advice about conversion?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler August 28, 2020
This week's Torah portion introduces the commandment to leave fallen harvest in the field to be "gleaned" by the poor, as illustrated here in "The Gleaners" by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible.
Posted inTorah

Giving is a pillar that holds up the world

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen August 28, 2020August 27, 2020
the hands of an elderly man
Posted inSeniors

Help! Being dad’s caregiver is even tougher during Covid-19

Rita Clancy by Rita Clancy August 25, 2020August 25, 2020
A 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Month of Elul: Repentance begins at home

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
Tile from the Moshav Zekenim synagogue in Tel Aviv. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTorah

Even during Covid, one must awaken ‘like a lion’ every day

Maharat Victoria Sutton by Maharat Victoria Sutton August 21, 2020August 20, 2020
Wise Sons' original location in San Francisco's Mission District (left) and Beauty's Bagel Shop's downtown Oakland location. (Photo/From file)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Wise Sons acquires Beauty’s Bagel Shop in East Bay expansion

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 20, 2020October 27, 2020
Cantor Toby Glaser rehearses a prerecorded High Holiday service at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Aug. 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inJewish Life

Prerecorded services, backyard worship, a drive-in: finding new ways to uphold tradition this High Holiday season

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
Melissa Cohen's crunchy caramel cookie comes in three sizes. (Photo/Courtesy Cohen)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

It’s Passover in August with her irresistibly crispy, crunchy cookies

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 19, 2020August 20, 2020
Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris in an "SNL" sendup of a 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Yosemite Sam, née Rosenbaum; Maya Rudolph for VP; ‘Dirty Dancing’ dances again; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 18, 2020

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