Organic Epicure
Two new bagel offerings expand flourishing Bay Area field
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. It may have taken a pandemic, but two local bagel-makers who were busy…
Astrolojew
The last stand of Saturn, ruling planet of the Jewish people
Tammuz 5780 June 22-July 21, 2020 The month of Tammuz is the month of Cancer (Sartan), but it’s also the beginning of the last stand of Saturn (Shabbtai),…
Celebrity Jews
Nissim and Amar'e on horseback; 'Fauda' creator's new spy show; etc.
Jews on horseback Orthodox rapper Nissim Black has released a new video, “Win,” starring Amar’e Stoudemire, a former NBA star who now plays for Maccabi…
The Tell
The political center battles to keep its place in a time of turmoil
It would seem that most of us agree, left and right, that Black lives matter and that policing reform is long overdue. But there are fissures and…
Bay Area
‘Pride Seder’ honors liberation history of LGBTQ Jews
Amid all of the rainbows and parades and fantastic costumes for which Pride Month is known today, it can be easy to forget that the LGBTQ Pride movement…
Recipe
A pie and a sundae inspired by this week’s Torah portion
The Torah portion Sh’lach Lecha is full of references to food. The spies sent to scout the land of Canaan return with bearing pomegranates, figs, grapes,…
Torah
Back then I did not, but today I stand up against prejudice and fear
The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Sh’lach Lecha Numbers 13:1-15:41 One winter…
Unions
Oakland couple was hesitant, but Zoom wedding proved to be ‘magical’
When Miriam Nehama Ani and Brandon Waloff sent out invitations to their May 31 wedding months ago, they included a box to check for people who couldn’t…
The Tell
3 Jewish takeaways from unrest over pandemic and George Floyd
It’s five months to Election Day and America is in the midst of at least two national crises. The unrest reverberating throughout the land from the…