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Alla Dadiomov pours latke batter into a pan during a women’s “Chopped” style latke-making competition at Chabad of Contra Costa in Walnut Creek, Dec. 12, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

This latke contest was no ‘Chopped,’ but it was a slice of Jewish life in the East Bay

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 20, 2024January 9, 2025
Sharaka panel at South Peninsula Hebrew Day School Nov. 20, 2024. (Courtesy Bay Area Jewish Coalition)
Posted inOur Crowd

Happenings, honors, philanthropy, comings and goings — December 2024

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 20, 2024December 21, 2024
a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
Posted inObituaries

Death announcements for the week of Dec. 20, 2024

by J. Staff December 20, 2024December 24, 2024
A black woman sings with a choir in robes behind her
Posted inMusic

San Francisco’s Glide church may be the ‘only place where a Jewish girl can run the gospel choir’

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
A resident of the West Bank village of Susiya returns to the ruins of the town after a raid by Israeli settlers in 2021. (Courtesy Charles Rothschild)
Posted inLocal Voice

Extremism threatens to undo Israel — and we must all take responsibility

by Coby Schoffman December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
Brady Corbet’s film "The Brutalist" explores the odious and corrupt world of capital, ego and power which overwhelms an architect’s resources. (Focus Features)
Posted inFirst Person

Daniel Libeskind: Why ‘The Brutalist’ resonated so deeply with me as an architect

by Daniel Libeskind December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
Two people hold up a large sign that says "Hands off our students, hands off Palestine"
Posted inBay Area

Can law students face trouble for protesting Israel? The California bar says maybe

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 18, 2024December 18, 2024
"Esther Denouncing Haman" by Ernest Normand, 1888. 
The Heritage Foundation's Project Esther incorrectly references the Book of Esther as part of the Torah. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTheater

New Lehrhaus class will unpack opera’s fixation on Biblical tales

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller December 18, 2024December 18, 2024
four latkes on a platter, next to small bowls of sour cream and apple sauce
Posted inSmall Bites

The one trick you need to make perfect latkes; Alec’s Ice Cream goes kosher; Etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 18, 2024December 22, 2024
The S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund is making changes to its board.
Posted inPhilanthropy

Federation hopes a smaller board will make a bigger impact across Bay Area

by Dan Pine December 17, 2024December 18, 2024

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