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Mandy Aftel, 76, is an internationally acclaimed perfumer who founded Aftelier Perfumes in Berkeley 30 years ago. Brought up Jewish in Detroit, Aftel also is an author, an educator and […]

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Screenshot from "Another Body," an example of a film that used generative AI in an appropriate way, according to Rachel Antell. (Screenshot via YouTube)
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Will AI ruin documentaries? This Jewish filmmaker is trying to turn the tide against fake history

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 18, 2024October 18, 2024
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This Jewish Googler helps track Covid-19 and bird flu in wastewater

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Pamela Rose performing a Wild Women of Song show in 2010.
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Q&A: Jazz vocalist Pamela Rose on singing the blues and the Jewish women of Tin Pan Alley

by Liz Harris March 30, 2023March 30, 2023
Vouchers for Veggies — a program of EatSF, which was founded by Dr. Hilary Seligman — can be exchanged at grocery stores or farmer's markets for fresh fruit and vegetables.
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by Liz Harris December 29, 2022
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by Liz Harris November 28, 2022November 28, 2022
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