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Adeena Sussman and Melinna Hanin
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Adeena Sussman’s new cookbook is ‘Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv-y’ — just like her

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 11, 2026June 11, 2026

Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. As much as people love Adeena Sussman’s cookbooks, they also love the community she cultivates. “Adeena comes […]

Still from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
Posted inTorah

Your reaction to encountering the unknown is a choice

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein June 11, 2026June 11, 2026
Detail from the cover of "Porcupines," a new novel by Fran Fabriczky.
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Porcupines’ bristles with a Hungarian Jewish family’s need for secrets

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 10, 2026June 10, 2026
Painting of Moses from the Torah
Posted inTorah

What Moses, the most humble person on Earth, teaches us about leadership

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg June 4, 2026June 4, 2026
The hand gesture made during the Priestly Benediction on an old headstone. (evilgurl via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inTorah

What the Priestly Blessing teaches us about reinventing rituals for modern times

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 28, 2026May 28, 2026
Mira Stern (right) mingles with her supper club guests at her Oakland home on May 19. (Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

This Jewish mama’s supper club blends tastes, traditions, fillings, feelings

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 22, 2026May 21, 2026
Rita Semel in 1974.(J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Bay Area icon and Jewish leader Rita Semel began her career right here at this newspaper

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 21, 2026May 21, 2026
The Diwan-i-Khas, or Hall of Private Audience, in Fatehpur Sikri. (Daniel Mennerish via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inTorah

A city without water is like a Jew without Torah

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg May 20, 2026May 20, 2026
A cartoon from 1965 by Henry Leonard that ran in this paper. (J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Shavuot, Shavuos, Shabuoth… How do you spell this holiday anyway?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 20, 2026May 20, 2026
The Twelve Tribes of Israel camped around the Tabernacle from a 1683 etching by Jan Luyken.
Posted inTorah

Tribal flags and summer camp color wars: How God turned us into one people

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf May 14, 2026May 15, 2026

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