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Yair Luria, author of "Private Chef: My Recipes and Stories From Israel to Silicon Valley," has worked as a chef for a Palo Alto couple for the past four years. (Aviv Tal)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Israeli private chef in Palo Alto seasons his recipes with stories in new cookbook

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 12, 2026January 12, 2026

Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Chef Yair Luria began thinking of writing a cookbook years ago, but it was the death of […]

prayerbook, shofar and stringed instrument
Posted inReligion

The Kitchen’s new siddur blends Ashkenazi and Sephardic liturgy, a first

by Dan Pine September 29, 2025September 30, 2025
(Illustration/JTA-Plume Creative-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

The ‘Jewface’ debate about casting non-Jews as Jews betrays an Ashkenazi bias

MaNishtana by MaNishtana and JTA October 13, 2021
Raleigh Zwerin, who found out in 2015 that she and her sister had the BRCA mutation, will speak on a panel about the gene that affects one in 40 Ashkenazi Jews. Seen here with her mother-in-law, Lonnie Zwerin.
Posted inHealth

At S.F. synagogue: BRCA, cancer and Ashkenazi genetics

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 17, 2018September 17, 2018
Clason and Monin look on as Brown twirls in a colorful cape. Braves plays violin.
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