Lifecycles Lifecycle announcements for the week of Sept. 16, 2022 B’nai Mitzvahs Eva Atwood Daughter of Robin Melnick and Jeremy Atwood, Saturday, Oct. 8, at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. Nina Assang Daughter… By J. Staff Sep 16, 2022
Community UPDATED: Free and low-cost High Holiday services around the Bay Craving some community for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but don’t know where to go? Welcome to our annual list of free and low-cost services open to the… By Lea Loeb Sep 15, 2022
From the Archives 50 years ago: How Bay Area Jews mourned Munich Massacre victims Fifty years ago this week, the Jewish world was reeling. The previous week, Jews had watched in horror as 11 Israeli Olympic athletes died during a… By Maya Mirsky Sep 15, 2022
Recipe Start the year in Morocco with this veggie-rich Rosh Hashanah dinner Rosh Hashanah dinner in the Moroccan tradition often includes a dish of seven vegetables, many symbolic of the New Year, such as pumpkin for calling… By Faith Kramer Sep 14, 2022
Small Bites Grossman’s Noshery owners celebrate 20 years in the biz Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. The owners of Santa Rosa’s Grossman’s Noshery & Bar recently… By Alix Wall Sep 13, 2022
From the Archives ‘Hazelnuttorten and brodtorten’ for the High Holidays, anyone? Recipes for baked apples, an advertisement urging you to enjoy “delicious, festive dining” with kosher poultry, calendar listings in boldface type. For… By Maya Mirsky Sep 12, 2022
Organic Epicure Whether you eat meat or not, Delirama has pastrami for you Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. When Delirama co-owner Cash Caris was growing up in the Bay Area,… By Alix Wall Sep 12, 2022
U.S. A new study explains why Starbucks can’t spell your Jewish name My parents, children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, were named Irving and Naomi. They named their three sons Stephen, Jeffrey and Andrew. My kids’… By Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA Sep 12, 2022
First Person All those adages about being a grandparent? They’re true. My grandson Lucas can really put the terrible in the terrible twos. Like most toddlers, he’s a delight, except when he’s not. He’ll hurl berries from his… By Dan Pine Sep 9, 2022