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Chef David Yoshimura just earned a Michelin star for his San Francisco restaurant Nisei. (Photo/Brianna Danner) Right: Dessert plate from Nisei with matcha nerikiri, red bean coffee yokan, ginger pate de fuille and pumpkin mochi. (Photo/Tina Yang)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Michelin-starred Nisei chef David Yoshimura leans into his cultures 

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 3, 2023January 3, 2023

Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. David Yoshimura has a Jewish first name and a Japanese last name, which is fitting for the celebrated […]

Japanese American children being relocated to internment camps, 1942.
(Photo/Russell Lee-Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.)
Posted inUncategorized, Local Voice

Jewish values, a judge and Japanese American internment

Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce by Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce March 2, 2022March 7, 2022
(Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
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Calling a Jewish woman a ‘JAP’ is offensive — but not for the reason you think

Ivy Humbarger by Ivy Humbarger and JTA April 27, 2021April 27, 2021

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