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People mingle on Sept. 6 before Congregation Anshey Sfard’s monthly Shabbat dinner for young adults in San Francisco. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Sephardic Shabbat dinners are drawing a young crowd to S.F. synagogue

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 18, 2024September 19, 2024
Aunty Ethel's Jammy Apple Cake (Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

By popular demand, here’s the recipe for Aunty Ethel’s Jammy Apple Cake

Micah Siva by Micah Siva September 17, 2024September 18, 2024
The artist Mark Podwal in his studio in 2007 (Wikipedia)
Posted inObituaries

Artist and physician Mark Podwal, whose distinctive work adorned museums, synagogues and opinion pages, dies at 79

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 17, 2024September 17, 2024
volunteers collecting trash on green grass field
Posted inHigh Holidays

How to give back around the Bay Area this High Holiday season

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 16, 2024September 16, 2024
Cover art for the five books listed in the article
Posted inBooks

New High Holiday kid’s books celebrate diversity

by Penny Schwartz September 16, 2024September 16, 2024
LJ Bernstein blows a shofar at an Or Shalom Jewish Community picnic in Marx Meadows in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inJewish Life

UPDATED: Where to find free and low-cost High Holiday services around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 13, 2024September 30, 2024
"The Gleaners" (engraving by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible)
Posted inTorah

How the Torah addresses the atrocities of war, especially against women

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen September 12, 2024September 12, 2024
Faith Kramer's date-forward Rosh Hashanah recipes.
Posted inUncategorized

Braised beef and other recipes with dates to ensure a new year of prosperity and abundance

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer September 12, 2024September 17, 2024
Barb Shenson's Sephardic apple tart for Rosh Hashanah (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Check out this local caterer’s Sephardic dishes for Rosh Hashanah

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 11, 2024September 17, 2024
Steve Silberman (center) receives an inclusion awareness award at a fundraiser for Chabad of Cole Valley's Community for Jewish Seniors program in 2017, as he stands next to Rabbi Nosson Potash (left) and the late Ken Kramarz, a longtime director of Camp Tawonga. (Courtesy Potash)
Posted inObituaries

Steve Silberman, San Francisco science writer who pioneered autism rights, dies at 66

by Patricia Corrigan September 9, 2024September 9, 2024

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