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Can one really "live long AND prosper," as Spock said? He lived to be 161! (Photo/CBS)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

On a good day, living to 100 sounds wonderful. On a bad day — don’t ask

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz February 7, 2024February 7, 2024
Danny Ronen, founder of beverage consulting company DC Spirits and partner in cocktail kit service Shaker and Spoon, mixes a cocktail at The Legionnaire Saloon in Oakland, Feb. 2, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

‘You can’t be wrong about what you like’: This Bay Area consultant likes to shake things up  

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 6, 2024February 23, 2024
The author checking the personal ads in the Jewish Bulletin in 1995. (Photo/Cathleen Maclearie)
Posted inAct Two

And just like that, I’m an author faced with the sweet stress of potential success

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 2, 2024May 14, 2024
"Moses on Mount Sinai" by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1895-1900
Posted inTorah

Silence allows us to truly connect with God, Torah and ourselves

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg February 1, 2024February 1, 2024
Stu Span greets a colorful dragon dance performer at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living shortly before Chinese New Year on Jan. 31, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy SFCJL)
Posted inJewish Life

Where to find Jewish community around Chinese New Year in the Bay Area

by J. Staff January 31, 2024January 31, 2024
(From left) Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Rabbi Paul Steinberg and Anti-Defamation League Central Pacific Regional Director Marc Levine speaking at Congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon. (Courtesy ADL)
Posted inOur Crowd

Honors, happenings, opportunities, comings and goings — Jan. 2024

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 31, 2024February 2, 2024
Fish balls in tamarind-curry sauce inspired by the flavors of Indian and Iraqi jewish communities. (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Serve a lucky fish dish to mark the Jewish leap year

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer January 30, 2024February 23, 2024
Mourice Kari, the owner of Taboun, sits in the restaurant's dining area, which is adorned with a mural suggestive of Jerusalem. (Photo/Lea Loeb)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Reverse boycott’ aids S.F. eateries, including a Palestinian one, caught up in anti-Zionist boycott

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 29, 2024January 29, 2024
Rabbi Art Green, pictured here in 2013, has been accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward at least two people. (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia)
Posted inJewish Life

Rabbi Art Green, prominent scholar of Hasidic Judaism, is barred from Hebrew College following sexual misconduct allegation

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg January 29, 2024
Maisie Juliette Kaplan held by her sister Mackenzie with sister Maya (left). (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inLifecycles

Lifecycles announcements for the week of Jan. 26, 2024

by J. Staff January 26, 2024January 29, 2024

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