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Vanessa Bayer is best known as a former "Saturday Night Live" cast member, but she's also the author of a new children's book that reflects her own experience with illness as a child.
Posted inBooks

SNL alum Vanessa Bayer on comedy, her new children’s book and childhood illness

by Dan Pine June 21, 2019June 21, 2019
(Photo/JTA-Lalocracio-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I don’t want kids, but that doesn’t make me a bad Jew

by Elena Gormley June 20, 2019June 20, 2019
Medical anthropologist Sharon Kaufman
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: What is medical anthropology? How does it complement traditional medicine?

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller June 19, 2019June 19, 2019
A brain fitness class at the JCC of San Francisco (Photo/Courtesy Charles Zukow Associates)
Posted inHealth

Keep your brain sharp at JCCSF cognitive fitness fair

by J. Staff June 17, 2019June 17, 2019
Developmental and clinical psychologist Diane Ehrensaft
Posted inPride

Q&A: A gender expert who stands up for nonbinary youth

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller June 10, 2019
(Photo/Wikimedia-Michael Murphy CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inSeniors

Does diet soda cause cancer? It’s complicated.

by Dr. Jerry Saliman May 22, 2019
Josh Kornbluth uses his performance skills to talk about brain health in his "Citizen Brain" video series. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inHealth

There’s a science to empathy, and an art to explaining it

by Patricia Corrigan May 18, 2019May 17, 2019
Retired B’nai Emunah cantor and Reutlinger resident Henry Drejer (center) with fellow resident Doris Langer at Reutlinger's 2017 Simchat Torah celebration (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inBay Area

Reutlinger families seek assurances about home’s Jewish character

by Dan Pine May 15, 2019May 17, 2019
A demonstration near city hall, including David Bronner (third from right) and Michael Steinmetz (second from left), founders of Kana Flow
Posted inBay Area

Cannabis partners with a commitment to social and ecological justice

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 10, 2019May 13, 2019
Emily McCrone and Colin Stoddard working on a cooking project at a recent Friendship Circle for young adults event (Photo/Marissa Hacker-BayAreaFC)
Posted inBay Area

Friendship Circle expands, extending a hand to young adults

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 10, 2019May 24, 2019

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