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      Warm Radicchio Salad With Lentils (Photo/Micah Siva)

      Recipe

      Let this Radicchio Salad with Lentils warm you on a cold day

      Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. During the winter, I’m looking for hearty, warm salads to take me through…
      By Micah Siva Jan 24, 2023
      an image of water with globs of olive oil mixed in

      Astrolojew

      Horoscopes for Shevat, the month when oil and water mix

      Shevat 5783 Jan. 23-Feb. 20, 2023 The month of Shevat gives us two liquids synonymous with Torah: oil and water. The land of Asher, the tribe associated…
      By Lorelai Kude Jan 23, 2023
      Rabbi Roberto Graetz (center), formerly of Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, at the recent ordination of Latin American Reform rabbis.

      Our Crowd

      Honors, happenings, comings & goings — Jan. 2023

      Happenings Members of the United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR paid a visit to a Mediterranean halal restaurant in South San Francisco on Nov. 4 to…
      By Lea Loeb Jan 20, 2023
      Rabbi Joe Black (Photo/Bart Levy)

      Music

      Musician Rabbi Joe Black brings his sabbatical songs to Bay Area

      For some rabbis, a sabbatical might mean finishing a book, buckling down to parse some Talmud or seeking a little solitude for spiritual reflection. But…
      By Andrew Gilbert Jan 20, 2023
      "The Fifth Plague" by Gustav Doré, 1866

      Torah

      A pre-Pesach lesson on God’s mighty hand and plague No. 5

      The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Vaera Exodus 6:2–9:35 The Passover haggadah…
      By Rabbi Joey Felsen Jan 20, 2023
      a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it

      Obituaries

      Death announcements for the week of Jan. 20, 2023

      Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Ronald Anthony Seltzer March 7, 1935–Dec. 2, 2022 Ronald Anthony Seltzer passed…
      By J. Staff Jan 20, 2023
      (Photo/Flickr-María Helena Carey CC BY-ND 2.0)

      Lifecycles

      Lifecycles announcements for the week of Jan. 20, 2023

      B’nai Mitzvah Gabriel Abrami Son of Dan and Jenny Abrami, Monday, Jan. 16, at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland. Benjamin Easton-Carr Son of Shannon…
      By J. Staff Jan 20, 2023
      Katrina Spade, founder and CEO of Recompose, with a box of human compost at Recompose Seattle. (Photo/Mat Hayward-Getty Images-Courtesy Recompose)

      Religion

      Is human composting the next big thing in Jewish death practice? 

      “There was no squeamishness on my part, I didn’t wear gloves,” said Adam Gottstein. “I had Mom in the palms of my hands.” The Amador County resident was…
      By Maya Mirsky Jan 19, 2023
      David Golovin (left) and Ilya Romanov (Photo/Brianna Danner)

      Organic Epicure

      San Francisco culinary world mourns two who died too young 

      Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. This is not the way I was planning to write about Ilya Romanov. Romanov,…
      By Alix Wall Jan 19, 2023
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