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Daveed Diggs stars in the third episode of "Extrapolations" on Apple TV+.
Posted inThe Bagel Report

‘Extrapolations’ and AI haggadahs

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels March 27, 2023
a happy baby sitting in a man's lap with a book
Posted inJewish Life

UPDATED: Passover events for kids and families around the Bay Area

by J. Staff March 27, 2023March 29, 2023
"The Songs of Joy" by James Tissot, showing Miriam and the other Israelite women singing after crossing the Red Sea
Posted inAstrolojew

Passover horoscopes: Be brave, but don’t be a bully

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude March 24, 2023March 24, 2023
A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inTorah

How can we all live together amicably? Leviticus explains.

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf March 24, 2023March 23, 2023
Boxes of Trader Joe's matzah for sale. (Photo/JTA-Isabella Armus)
Posted inJewish Life

What makes Trader Joe’s new matzah different from all other matzah?

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA March 22, 2023March 29, 2023
From "Elijah's Ascension" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inLocal Voice

Who is Elijah anyway? And will he be at your seder this year?

Daniel C. Matt by Daniel C. Matt March 21, 2023
Jewish scholars and rabbis in the Teshuva Writing Collective, a project of Svara, are creating the first collection of responsa by and for transgender Jews. (Photo/JTA-Jess Benjamin)
Posted inReligion

Queer yeshiva to publish first-ever collection of Jewish legal opinions written by and for trans Jews

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA March 20, 2023
an older woman happily holds out her arms to greet an old friend in a large synagogue sanctuary
Posted inNews

After three years of Covid, synagogues have ‘new normal’ 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 20, 2023March 20, 2023
“Moses and Joshua Bowing Before the Ark” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

A building is just a building. The magic is what happens inside it.

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 17, 2023March 16, 2023
Matzah ball soup from Pomella in Oakland (Photo/Courtesy Pomella)
Posted inJewish Life

UPDATED: All the Passover food you need at local restaurants and markets

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 16, 2023March 30, 2023

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