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In the 1940s, we often wrote of "the Palestine Problem."
Posted inFrom the Archives

A second look back at 130 years of our publication

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 2, 2025December 2, 2025
Celebrating at the Jewish Federation Bay Area’s Day of Philanthropy, an annual event focused on Jewish giving, are (from right) Nancy Grand, the Robert Sinton Award for Distinguished Leadership winner; John Pritzker, last year’s Sinton winner; and Federation board president Laura Lauder. The event was held Nov. 20 in San Francisco. (Courtesy)
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Happenings, awards, comings and goings, opportunities — November 2025

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight November 28, 2025December 2, 2025
a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
Posted inObituaries

Death announcements for the week of Nov. 28, 2025

by J. Staff November 28, 2025November 26, 2025
Mazel tov to Melissa Blaustein and David Saxe!
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Lifecycles announcements for the week of Nov. 28, 2025

by J. Staff November 28, 2025December 5, 2025
At left is Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in "Wicked." At right is the Jewish poet Süßkind von Trimberg, depicted wearing a Jewish hat in the 14th-century Codex Manesse.
Posted inTorah

What ‘Wicked’ and the Talmud say about Jewish headwear

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein November 26, 2025November 26, 2025
A recipe for carrot-cardamom loaf cake with a cream cheese glaze is found in "Dead in the Kitchen: The Official Grateful Dead Cookbook" by Gabi Moskowitz. (Mary Lagier/Courtesy Weldon Owen)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Sample the devil’s lettuce with new Grateful Dead cookbook

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 25, 2025January 9, 2026
This photo of the post-earthquake ruins of Temple Emanu-El's original building appeared on the cover of our Sept. 21, 1906 issue.
Posted inFrom the Archives

A trip through 13 decades of this paper’s archives, and a happy 130th to us

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 21, 2025November 21, 2025
The heads of major certification agencies announced this month that all beer will soon require certification to be considered kosher. (KFP / Creative Commons)
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Beer is no longer automatically kosher, rabbis say. Will observant Jews skip the Dos Equis?

Louis Keene by Louis Keene November 20, 2025November 20, 2025
a classical painting of two young men discussing something secretively by candlelight
Posted inTorah

Esau’s plight encourages us to see our ‘enemy’ as human

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg November 20, 2025November 20, 2025
Big Finish Wine Tavern proprietor Adam Manson’s great-grandfather founded Louis Rich Foods, a brand name still in the market today. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

At new S.F. wine bar, you can taste the final frontier

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 18, 2025November 18, 2025

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