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Scott Horwitz (left) pictured for his 1979 bar mitzvah and in August 2013 (right) with his daughter Sara Horwitz, son Josh Horwitz and wife Missy Mastel for Sara’s bat mitzvah at Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco. (Photos/Courtesy Horwitz)
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Beth Sholom member finished chanting the entire Torah — with a little nudge from his wife

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 16, 2024April 17, 2024
Moses (Avi Azulay, center) in between his siblings Aaron (Ishai Golan) and Miriam (Reymonde Amsellem) in "Testament: The Story of Moses." (Photo/Netflix)
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We found 430 inaccuracies in Netflix’s Moses docuseries ‘Testament’

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Latest rap beef wraps in Drake, rhinoplasty and pastrami

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Joan Nathan at a National Yiddish Book Center event in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 2011. (Photo/JTA-Dina Rudick-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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Joan Nathan, pioneering Jewish food maven, dishes all in her new autobiography

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Nissim Black performs at the College of San Mateo, April 7, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Rapper Nissim Black blesses crowd in first Bay Area show

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Lisa Kokin's "Red Line" will appear in the Contemporary Jewish Museum's upcoming California Jewish Open. (Photo/Courtesy Kokin)
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I’m an anti-Zionist Jewish artist who believes it’s important to stand with CJM

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San Francisco author’s debut novel reveals her Soviet grandfather’s secret

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Nan Fink Gefen and Rabbi Michael Lerner look over an early issue of Tikkun magazine in the 1980s. (Photo/File)
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Tikkun magazine to close after nearly 40 years

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The seder plate at the Deadhead Seder at Terrapin Crossroads in 2018. (Photo/Courtesy)
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‘Let My People Pho!,’ and other nontraditional seders across the Bay Area

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“The West Grew Up in Levi’s” billboard, 1955. (Photo/Levi Strauss & Co. Archives)
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Beyoncé’s ode to Levi’s Jeans is giving the brand a moment

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