Our Crowd Honors, happenings, comings & goings — Oct. 2021 Honors Yonatan Winetraub, a Stanford Medicine Ph.D., is one of the winners of the $1.25 million National Institutes of Health Director’s Early… By David A.M. Wilensky Oct 13, 2021
Obituaries Holocaust survivor, ‘Happiest Man on Earth’ dies at 101 Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who published a best-selling memoir last year in Australia at age 100 titled “The Happiest Man on Earth,” died on Tuesday.… By Gabe Friedman, JTA Oct 13, 2021
Recipe Delish Mediterranean dishes reinvent tradition ‘instantly’ Emily Paster’s new cookbook takes traditional Mediterranean recipes and reinvents how to cook them using one of two modern kitchen time-savers — either… By Faith Kramer Oct 12, 2021
Parenting Want rave reviews for dinner? Let your kids choose. “This dinner isn’t good… it’s stupendous!” Harvey, 5, told me at the table this week. “It’s not great… it’s amazing!” Nate, 9, chimed in. What magical… By Drew Himmelstein Oct 11, 2021
Religion These Jews want to normalize not circumcising When Elana Johnson was shopping for a synagogue three years ago, the mother of four approached a Conservative congregation in Lincoln, Nebraska, to ask… By Ben Harris, JTA Oct 8, 2021
Small Bites Local Butcher Shop still open; Augie's Montreal Deli still closed The Local Butcher Shop in North Berkeley is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month. It was opened by Monica (Pallie) Rocchino and her husband, Aaron,… By Alix Wall Oct 8, 2021
Torah Lessons from Tower of Babel: Focus less on yourself The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Noach Genesis 6:9-11:32 The Torah portion for this… By Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein Oct 8, 2021
Philanthropy Which local Jewish orgs shared the $1.3M Zuckerberg-Chan gift? Mark Zuckerberg “likes” the Bay Area Jewish community. The Facebook CEO, along with his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, have turned their philanthropic eye… By Dan Pine Oct 6, 2021
Astrolojew Horoscopes for month of Cheshvan: A bitter month — or a great one? Cheshvan 5782 Oct. 6-Nov. 4, 2021 It is said that the month of Cheshvan can be either mar (bitter) or ram (high, great). Which way it goes for you depends… By Lorelai Kude Oct 5, 2021