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a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
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Death announcements for the week of March 7, 2025

by J. Staff March 7, 2025March 7, 2025
A Megillah at the Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens, 2013. (Tilemahos Efthimiadis via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Purim, our most radical holiday, rejects fatalism and fear

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 6, 2025March 7, 2025
Camp Tawonga's garden at its peak during summer 2024. This summer a new Garden Kitchen will open next to the garden itself. (Courtesy)
Posted inKids & Family

The dirt on summer camps: Gardens, kid-focused kitchens grow in popularity

by Sue Fishkoff March 5, 2025March 9, 2025
R.U.R. performed in France in 1924. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inFrom the Archives

1920s play about willful robots may have presaged risks of artificial intelligence

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 5, 2025March 7, 2025
Mexican-inspired wedding hamantaschen were custom-designed for J. staff writer Emma Goss and Héber Cruz Berber, who married on Feb. 23. (Beth Lee)
Posted inFood

J. writer’s wedding called for these custom-made Mexican Jewish cookies

by Beth Lee March 5, 2025March 5, 2025
Hamantaschen at Saul’s Deli in Berkeley. ( (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFood

UPDATED: Hamantaschen and beyond: Where to find Purim pastries around the Bay Area

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 4, 2025February 13, 2026
Joanne Greene and husband Fred with their granddaughter on Purim in 2022.
Posted inPurim

Party like it’s 5785: Where to celebrate Purim around the Bay Area

by J. Staff March 4, 2025March 12, 2025
Yeasted Poppy Seed Hamantaschen (Micah Siva)
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Yeasted hamantaschen are funky, puffy, bready wonders

Micah Siva by Micah Siva March 3, 2025June 19, 2025
Detail of the cover of "I Say Shehechiyanu" by Joanne Rocklin and illustrated by Monika Filipina. (Courtesy PJ Library)
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These children’s books celebrate Jewish pride, joy and resilience

by Vivien Braly and Ellen Holderman February 28, 2025February 28, 2025
Aviva ”Vivi” Bayun (top) talks to Beza Abebe about the dish she’s going to prepare during filming for a video series about Ethiopian Jewish cooking in Pleasant Hill on Jan. 12, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inSmall Bites

Ethiopian Jews cook their food and share their stories in Bay Area video series

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 28, 2025June 19, 2025

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