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"The Little Liar," the new novel by bestselling Jewish author Mitch Albom, is set in Salonika, Greece, before, during and after the Holocaust. (Photo/JTA-Jenny Risher / illustration by Mollie Suss)
Posted inBooks

Mitch Albom enters new Jewish territory with Holocaust novel ‘The Little Liar’

by Andrew Lapin November 10, 2023November 12, 2023
Emotions ran high during the opening plenary of the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 5, 2023. (Photo/Scott Wall-Courtesy Oshman Family JCC)
Posted inNews

Feelings of loss and yearning for connection bring unity to Z3 conference 

by J. Staff November 8, 2023November 12, 2023
The columnist's husband dismantling a milk carton for proper disposal. (Photo/Janet Silver Ghent; pxhere.com CC0)
Posted inAct Two

Curses, foiled again! Take that and compost it!

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent November 8, 2023November 8, 2023
One latke and three knishes by Ramni Levy's King Knish. (Photo/Courtesy Levy)
Posted inSmall Bites

Ramni Levy, San Francsico’s king of knishes, is making a comeback; and more Small Bites

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 7, 2023December 20, 2023
Inset: Nitza Agam in 1973 (Photo/Courtesy Agam). Background: Israeli tanks cruise through the desert during the Yom Kippur War. (Photo/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
Posted inFirst Person

It took 50 years to process the last loss. I don’t have another 50.

Nitza Agam (Photo/Courtesy Agam) by Nitza Agam November 3, 2023November 8, 2023
Jenessa Schwartz at home in 2015. (Photo/Joyce Goldschmid)
Posted inObituaries

Jenessa Schwartz, Yavneh teacher and ‘cancer thriver,’ dies at 41

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz November 3, 2023November 3, 2023
a man stands speaking at a podium. a banner in the background reads "A VIBRANT DIASPORA"
Posted inLocal Voice

At Z3, we have no time for false moral equivalence

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner November 2, 2023
Israeli flags were in abundance at a rally in San Francisco's Union Square on  Sept. 18, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inLocal Voice

Rise, recover, reimagine: A Jewish response to the terror of Oct. 7

Amichai Magen is the inaugural Visiting Fellow in Israel Studies at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (Photo/Courtesy-Amichai Magen) by Amichai Magen October 31, 2023November 20, 2025
A woman holds a a broken, crying heart during a rally demanding Hamas release hostages at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, Oct. 13, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOpinion

To be a Jew right now means to feel deeply connected — and deeply alone

by Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath October 27, 2023
MK Matan Kahana and moderator Janine Zacharia at the Z3 Conference in Palo Alto, Dec. 11, 2022. (Photo/Saul Bromberger)
Posted inBay Area

Z3 conference pivots to Israel at war — and lowers the price for all

by Sue Fishkoff October 26, 2023October 27, 2023

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