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Art illustrating the Tabernacle. (Photo/Wikicommons)
Posted inTorah

Giving to those in need can be hard. Mussar can help

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon February 24, 2023March 9, 2023
Moses, Aaron and Hur during the Battle of Rephidim against the Amalekites.
Posted inTorah

In a world filled with Amalek thinking, do a mitzvah and blot it out

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan February 23, 2023March 3, 2023
smiling people at a party
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Adar: The consoling power of holy laughter

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude February 21, 2023
Two Jewish girls protesting against child slavery with signs in English and Yiddish, 1909. (Photo/Library of Congress-George Grantham Bain collection)
Posted inColumns

Looking at slavery in the Torah through a modern lens

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg February 17, 2023
The many bagels of Boichik Bagels. (Photo/Lydia Daniller)
Posted inFrom the Archives

From ‘beigels’ in 1921 to bagels in 2023, we love ’em

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 16, 2023
A full dining room at One Market, now celebrating 30 years. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

One Market anchors ‘foot’ of downtown S.F. for 30 years 

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 14, 2023
The Alco truck that drove to Petaluma with a load of soap in 1912, the first transcontinental delivery made by automobile. (Photo/Courtesy Sonoma County Library)
Posted inFrom the Archives

110 years ago, ‘motor wagon’ delivery was all the rage

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 13, 2023
Moses and Jethro in the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments"
Posted inTorah

Here’s to the non-Jews in the Torah! (There are more than you might think)

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein February 10, 2023February 10, 2023
Janet Silver Ghent's very own Mr. Fix-It
Posted inAct Two

Home repair project? I never nix it now that I’ve got Mr. Fix-It

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 9, 2023
a photo of a pair of calloused, dirty hands
Posted inColumns

Workaholics of the world, unite!

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz February 6, 2023

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