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The Kitchen

A house just outside St. Helena, Napa County, burns in the Glass Fire, Sept. 29, 2020. (Photo/Napa County Sheriff)
Posted inBay Area

In North Bay, fire and smoke disrupt an already unusual Yom Kippur

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Gabe Stutman by Maya Mirsky, Dan Pine and Gabe Stutman September 29, 2020September 30, 2020
A Black Lives Matter sign outside the White House during a protest in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing, June 7, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Aurora Samperio-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Over 400 Jewish groups and synagogues sign letter supporting Black Lives Matter

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
The S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund is making changes to its board.
Posted inBay Area

Federation issues $2.4 million in second wave of emergency grants

by Dan Pine May 8, 2020May 12, 2020
Workers at Tel Hashomer Hospital, which was converted to receive the Israelis who were under quarantine on the cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan due to the spread of the coronavirus, Feb. 20, 2020. (JTA/AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)
Posted inBay Area

CORONAVIRUS UPDATES: Local Jewish groups cancel trips, services, other events

by Gabriel Greschler and J. Staff March 6, 2020March 25, 2020
Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer of The Kitchen at her previous congregation, Romemu in New York City. (Courtesy of The Kitchen)
Posted inReligion

The Kitchen lands three-year grant to expand musical outreach

by Dan Pine January 16, 2020January 17, 2020
Rabbi Michael Lezak serving a guest at one of Glide's daily free meals. /Alain McLaughlin
Posted inBay Area, News

The Tenderloin Rebbe brings prosecutors face-to-face with homelessness

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn October 31, 2019October 31, 2019
Four people stand over a counter in a kitchen braiding challah dough
Posted inFood, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

The Jews who made fresh-baked challah a tradition at Glide Church

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 19, 2018September 24, 2019
SF-based philanthropist and honorary consul of Poland Tad Taube receiving an honorary degree from Jagiellonian University in Poland
Posted inOur Crowd

Honors, happenings, comings & goings — June 2018

by Rob Gloster June 15, 2018June 14, 2018
Part of the Blossom Catering menu for The Kitchen's 2018 Shavuot Banquet (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inColumns

A Shavuot banquet that went beyond blintzes; Solomon’s Deli in soft opening

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
The names of lynching victims are inscribed on weathered steel columns that hang from the ceiling at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo/JTA-Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person, Local Voice, Opinion, Travel

The Montgomery lynching memorial is a project of American teshuvah

Rabbi Michael Lezak by Rabbi Michael Lezak May 2, 2018May 3, 2018

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