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Rabbi Yosef Langer of Chabad of S.F. lights the Bill Graham menorah in Union Square in 2014. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inJewish Life

Safe menorah lightings to brighten Hanukkah around the Bay

Rebecca Landau by Rebecca Landau December 2, 2020July 9, 2021
Hans Zimmer at the European premiere of "The Lion King" in London, July 14, 2019. (Photo/JTA-David M. Benett-Wire Image-Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

Israel Philharmonic to stream Hans Zimmer-themed Hanukkah event

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA December 1, 2020December 2, 2020
Faith Kramer's Hanukkah Mac and Cheese Balls. (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inHanukkah

Fritter away Hanukkah with this fried mac and cheese

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer December 1, 2020December 1, 2020
Canadian actor and comic Howie Mandel in the new documentary “Howie Mandel: But, Enough About Me.” (Photo/Courtesy JFI)
Posted inCulture

Jewish Film Institute marks 40th anniversary with 8 nights of films for Hanukkah

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 27, 2020November 30, 2020
"Thanksgiving at Plymouth" by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, 1925.
Posted inThanksgiving

Thanksgiving was established during an American crisis. Then and now, Judaism teaches us to be grateful.

Rabbi Moshe Hauer by Rabbi Moshe Hauer and JTA November 25, 2020November 25, 2020
Wildberry sufganiyot by Johnny Doughnuts. (Photo/Courtesy Johnny Doughtnuts)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

These local restaurants are churning out Hanukkah favorites so you don’t have to

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 25, 2020November 30, 2020
A Thanksgiving table is set with traditional holiday favorites. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inHolidays

We need Thanksgiving more than ever this year

Daniel Treiman by Daniel Treiman and JTA November 16, 2020November 18, 2020
A Thanksgiving cornucopia with fruit, gourds, etc.
Posted inParenting

Parenting through this pandemic Thanksgiving

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
Ethiopian Jewish women pray in Jerusalem at the Sigd holiday overlooking the Temple Mount, Nov. 7, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Gali Tibbon-AFP)
Posted inJewish Life

Learn about Ethiopian Jewish holiday Sigd with the flavors of Ethiopia

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer November 12, 2020
Adam and Eve as depicted in the Escorial Beatus, a 10th-century illuminated manuscript.
Posted inTorah

Adam and Eve and the problem of loneliness

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

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