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Laurie Leiber's kits can help you make bagels that look this good.

Small Bites

Make those bagels at home; Boichik's 'pink label' cream cheese; etc.

Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. The Bay Area is experiencing a real bagel boom. But for those willing to…
By Alix Wall Feb 17, 2021
Director Steven Spielberg speaks onstage during the Academy Awards, Feb. 9, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Celebrity Jews

Spielberg wins Genesis Prize; Golden Globes, Image Awards nominees; etc.

Spielberg wins the big prize Steven Spielberg has beat out notables such as Barbra Streisand and the Bay Area’s own Marc Benioff to win this year’s…
By Maya Mirsky Feb 17, 2021
From the cover of “Concealed: Memoir of a Jewish-Iranian Daughter Caught Between the Chador and America” by Esther Amini.

Off the Shelf

Family histories open new windows on historical events

Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. What makes books on family history so compelling for me is that…
By Howard Freedman Feb 16, 2021
Haman shooting an arrow at the zodiac to forecast the future in an 18th-century Dutch megillah. (Photo/Collection of Shalom Sabar)

Astrolojew

Month of Adar: Milk the magic for all it’s worth

Adar 5781 Feb. 13-March 13, 2021 Though the month of Adar is associated with Pisces/Dagim, because of the fluctuations of the 19-year Metonic cycle to…
By Lorelai Kude Feb 16, 2021
Illustration of a donkey by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649.

Torah

Rise above the trap of hating or blowing off ‘the other’

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Mishpatim Exodus 21:1-24:18 Among the many many…
By Rabbi Amy Eilberg Feb 12, 2021
(Photo/Wikimedia Commons)

Mixed & Matched

Can my baby have an Orthodox conversion?

Dear Dawn: I was raised Reform, but am now a nonpracticing Jew married to a non-Jewish woman. We were married by my Reform rabbi and are expecting a baby.…
By Dawn Kepler Feb 10, 2021
(Photo/snappygoat.com)

Seniors

As we age, a night of good Z’s isn’t as easy as A-B-C 

Sleep is essential for life. Every species in the animal kingdom sleeps, though with different patterns. Although adult humans ideally should get eight…
By Dr. Jerry Saliman Feb 9, 2021
Orit Hendler Leib's Deja Vu Foods challah.

Organic Epicure

Israeli chef builds pastry business around tastes of home 

Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. A year ago, Orit Hendler Leib was getting ready to open for business in…
By Alix Wall Feb 8, 2021
"Meeting of Moses and Jethro" by Willem van Swanenburg, 1607.

Torah

A lesson about building bridges — something Jethro taught us 

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Yitro Exodus 18:1–20:23 The Torah portion Yitro is…
By Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein Feb 5, 2021
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