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Sarit Khen's glass Golden Gate Bridge menorah
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Business burning bright for these Bay Area menorah makers

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 6, 2022December 7, 2022
"Jacob Talks With Laban" by Charles Foster, 1897
Posted inTorah

Jacob has a lesson for us: Make sure we get the true story

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen December 2, 2022December 1, 2022
a lit menorah
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for the month of Kislev: dreams of hope

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude November 30, 2022
"Isaac Blessing Jacob," 1637 by Giuseppe Ribera
Posted inTorah

 Why we the people turn to an ‘Esau type’ in troubled times

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 24, 2022November 23, 2022
Rabbi Dovid Bush lights the menorah in Petaluma in 2021. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inJewish Life

Public menorah lightings and Hanukkah events around the Bay Area

by J. Staff November 23, 2022December 14, 2022
A crowd of Black women of all ages wearing white robes raise their hands in the air
Posted inReligion

Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd gets a boost in the U.S. with picture books and new resources

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA November 22, 2022
"Burial of Sarah" by Gustave Dore
Posted inColumns

What did Isaac see at the ‘Well of Vision’?

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon November 18, 2022November 18, 2022
Two images: on the left, a white bowl filled with a salad of barley and greens; on the right, an image of a smiling woman with her arms crossed.
Posted inRecipe

‘Honey mustard goes back to the Talmud’: Rabbi writing book on food of the sages

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer November 17, 2022
"The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah," John Martin, 1852
Posted inTorah

Are guilty or hateful leaders worthy of our prayer?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg November 11, 2022November 10, 2022
a smiling white woman in a purple top looks up from a digital movie camera
Posted inFirst Person

My phone went missing on Rosh Hashanah — and it was awesome 

Samantha Grant (Photo/Sarah Deragon) by Samantha Grant November 8, 2022November 8, 2022

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