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Sharon Herman with her dog visitor, Malua. (Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

Therapy dogs bring unconditional love to seniors at home

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 25, 2025February 25, 2025

Sharon Herman gets a visitor every Friday at Rhoda Goldman Plaza, the assisted living center in San Francisco that she calls home. It’s a visitor that holds a special place […]

Israel Sabag (right) handles a busload of Ukrainian refugees that also included an elderly Pekinese (left). (Photo/Forward)
Posted inWorld

Meet Israel Sabag, the man finding shelter for Ukrainian refugees in Romania — and their pets

Larry Cohler-Esses by Larry Cohler-Esses and Forward March 15, 2022
Rolling in Gelt (left) and Sufganiyot ice cream from Bad Walter's Bootleg Ice Cream.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

A pint-size dog inspires Bad Walter’s big-flavor ice cream

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 20, 2022March 15, 2022
Jon Grobman kneels with a rescue dog that he is training as part of Paws for Life K9 Rescue, a nonprofit that brings dogs into prisons like the one where Grobman was incarcerated for 13 years. (Image/JTA-Grace Yagel; Photo/Courtesy Grobman)
Posted inUncategorized

He was sentenced to life in prison. Rescue dogs — and a rabbi — helped him find redemption.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA August 31, 2021August 31, 2021
A kid hoping for a puppy as a present in Daveed Diggs' new Hanukkah song. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inMusic

WATCH: Daveed Diggs’ new ‘Puppy for Hanukkah’ song

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
Dana Nachman (center) during the filming of her 2018 documentary "Pick of the Litter." (Photo/Courtesy Nachman)
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: A documentary filmmaker who loves dogs and Batkid

by Liz Harris November 19, 2020November 23, 2020
The cover of the Nice Jewish Dogs calendar. (Dena Goldberg Linder)
Posted inHanukkah

Local pups nuzzle their way into Nice Jewish Dogs calendar

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 6, 2019December 9, 2019
(From left) Rebbetzin Aidel and Rabbi Chaim Zaklos, Ashriel Ashush, Maayan Kline and 9-year-old dog Benzi. (Batya Sackville)
Posted inNews

An Israeli couple, a hero dog, and a van that wouldn’t start

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen November 20, 2019November 26, 2019
This is Man, a shepherd mix The Dogist found on Alma Beach in Tel Aviv. (Photo/The Dogist-Instagram)
Posted inIsrael

The Dogist, one of Instagram’s most popular dog accounts, goes to Israel

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA August 29, 2019
three dogs roll around in the grass playing
Posted inIsrael, News

All dogs are bad and their owners ‘accursed,’ say Israeli rabbis

by JTA July 12, 2019

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