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From the cover of "Stealth Altruism" by Arthur Shostak
Posted inBooks

Highlighting radical acts of ‘stealth’ kindness during Holocaust

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller April 4, 2018April 4, 2018
From the cover of “Noodle Soup: Recipes, Techniques, Obsession” by Ken Albala
Posted inColumns

Noodle soup made 1,000 different ways — it’s an obsession

by Alix Wall April 4, 2018April 4, 2018
An illustration of the aftermath of the Kishinev pogrom in April 1903, published in "L'Assiette au Beurre - The Crimes of Tsarism and the massacres of Kishinev." (Photo/JTA-Culture Club-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

How an infamous pogrom gave rise to myths, poetry, and the black-Jewish alliance

by Sue Fishkoff April 3, 2018August 18, 2018
Nachliel Selavan giving a tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Photo/JTA-Debra Nussbaum Cohen)
Posted inHistory

Tour guide uncovers Passover secrets in Met’s Egyptian wing

Debra Nussbaum Cohen by Debra Nussbaum Cohen March 29, 2018April 2, 2018
Mission specialist Judith Resnik, the first Jew in space, sending a message to her father from the shuttle Discovery on its maiden voyage, Aug. 30, 1984. (Photo/NASA-Space Frontiers-Getty Images)
Posted inJewish Life

6 fun facts about ‘Jews in Space’ from N.Y. exhibit

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten March 21, 2018March 20, 2018
Annette Yoshiko Reed, a professor at NYU, is one of the speakers in the 2018 Taubman Lectures at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in Berkeley.
Posted inNews

Series on forgotten Jewish history coming to Magnes

by J. Staff March 8, 2018March 8, 2018
A Reuben at Katz's Deli in New York — a perfect example of very Jewish, but very un-kosher food (Photo/Flickr-BPPrice CC BY 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish food does not begin and end with kashrut

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross February 15, 2018February 16, 2018
Moses Libitzky and a guide lead participants from the East Bay Federation trip through the Jewish cemetery on Lodz, Poland. (Photo/Courtesy Taube Philanthropies-Maciek Jazwiecki)
Posted inJewish Life

In trip to Lodz, East Bay group sees dark past, hopeful future

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett July 28, 2017April 20, 2024
an image of mussolini in his silly military garb
Posted inHistory, Jewish Life

The more things change … college students didn’t like Israel in 1969 either

by J. Staff July 11, 2017July 10, 2017
Mae Rockland Tupa’s "Hanukkah Lamp," 1974
Posted inLocal Voice, History, Opinion

Is the Statue of Liberty a Jewish woman?

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross July 3, 2017July 3, 2019

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