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This Muskmelon Salad with Cucumbers, Shallots and Garden Herbs is adapted from “Full Belly Farm & Kitchen.” (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inRecipe

This summer, try an herby melon salad and a pasta salad with Middle Eastern flair

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer June 22, 2026June 22, 2026

Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. When it is too hot to cook, slip summer salads onto your Shabbat table. These two refreshing […]

View of the Ben & Jerry's factory shop in Yavne, Israel, July 20, 2021. (Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Years after boycott fight, Ben and Jerry’s Israel debuts flavor celebrating Israeli resilience

by Deborah Danan June 22, 2026June 22, 2026
Left to right: Yarden Crane, Michael Tejeda and Aviva Feder. (Courtesy Contra Costa Midrasha)
Posted inPodcasts

Young and old discuss conversion in ‘Bina’ podcast’s latest episode

by Bina Podcast from Contra Costa Midrasha June 18, 2026June 18, 2026
Detail from "The Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inTorah

Why one leader of Korach’s rebellion survived (hint: thank his wife)

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen June 18, 2026June 18, 2026
Western diamondback rattlesnakes are among the species found in Reno. (Geoff Gallice via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

This pattern of personal plagues perpetually perplexes me

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz June 17, 2026June 17, 2026
Debbie Togliatti hands preschoolers fresh peas from the garden. (Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inBay Area

Inch by inch, this ‘gardenista’ helped preschoolers grow at the Palo Alto JCC

by Dan Pine June 16, 2026June 18, 2026
Alan Saliman has received two donated organs. (Courtesy)
Posted inHealth

Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life

by Dr. Jerry Saliman June 16, 2026June 16, 2026
Jane Yolen and book
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Jane Yolen, children’s book author whose ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ became a Holocaust classic, dies at 87

by Penny Schwartz June 15, 2026June 15, 2026
Sinai Memorial Candle
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Death announcements for the week of June 12, 2026

by J. Staff June 12, 2026June 11, 2026
(Photo/Flickr-María Helena Carey CC BY-ND 2.0)
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Lifecycles announcements for the week of June 12, 2026

by J. Staff June 12, 2026June 11, 2026

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