Berkeley writer Ayelet Waldman has found a novel way to help East Bay restaurants and hospital workers at the same time: buying food from one to give to the other. Waldman has been crowdsourcing donations to buy meals from struggling restaurants, then delivering them to hospital emergency rooms. It’s a way to prop up local…
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Serendipitous timing: S.F. Jewish library launches ebook program
Jews stuck inside these days now have something new to keep them occupied. The Jewish Community Library in San Francisco has just launched its ebook and…
Off the Shelf
Newly translated from French, these two Holocaust memoirs are a treasure
Books coverage is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. My understanding of the Holocaust has been shaped enormously by the teachers,…
Celebrity Jews
Nimoy's greeting goes to Capitol Hill; Haim goes to the deli; etc.
Everyone is a Cohen on Capitol Hill Many Jews know that Leonard Nimoy’s famous Vulcan hand salute from “Star Trek” was inspired by the traditional gesture…
Passover
New haggadahs: nationalism, artistry, the environment and more
The Passover seder is the most widely observed Jewish ritual, by Jews and non-Jews alike. That fact alone makes the haggadah, the guidebook to the seder,…
TV
Taika Waititi adapting anti-Semite Roald Dahl’s work is perfect
Netflix just announced that the Academy Award-winning Maori-Jewish filmmaker Taika Waititi will write, direct and executive produce two series based on…
Purim
Chabad edition offers mystical insights into Book of Esther
For the Jew who takes Purim text study as seriously as Purim drinking, there’s a new commentary on the Book of Esther (aka the Megillah) from Rabbi Yossi…
Organic Epicure
Wise Sons cookbook is a fun ride through Jewish cuisine old and new
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. To call “Eat Something” a cookbook would do it a disservice. It is much…
Books
Drawing lessons about family separation from Kindertransport artifacts
Seven years ago, Jennifer Craig-Norton uncovered a cache of original correspondence about a group of Kindertransport children from Poland. A Ph.D.…