Opinion Take it from a fat rabbi: Nobody needs your dieting advice Do you want to know one small but powerful way we could make Jewish life more inclusive? Stop telling fat people about your diet and asking if they’d like… By Rabbi Minna Bromberg, JTA May 10, 2021
Seniors After a fall, life is unpleasant. So take steps to prevent it! I watch my 11-month-old granddaughter attempt to walk. She grabs a bar of the crib and pulls herself to standing. She balances on one leg, and swings her… By Dr. Jerry Saliman Apr 27, 2021
Health Jewish leaders fire questions at Covid expert as they plan reopenings In 2020, there were two big questions: What are my chances of contracting Covid? If I get infected, what are my chances of getting sick, or dying? “Today… By Sue Fishkoff Apr 22, 2021
Health A lost year for teens' mental health Looking up and down from their screens, concerned parents and grandparents scribbled notes as they listened to a Zoom presentation by Marjorie Swig,… By Gabriel Greschler Apr 16, 2021
Kids & Family Local ‘magical,’ inclusive parks inspired by one in Israel Yonaton Naveh is a longtime user of the Magical Bridge Playground in Palo Alto’s Mitchell Park. His mother, Yael, has taken him there regularly since it… By Andrew Esensten Mar 23, 2021
Bay Area From Los Altos, she tracks vaccination volunteer slots across the country Max Silver, an 18-year-old at the University of Michigan who chose to sit out this semester at home in Los Altos, had been looking for a volunteer… By Patricia Corrigan Mar 9, 2021
Bay Area Layoffs at SF Jewish senior home, as Covid retreats The San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, one of the largest skilled nursing facilities in the Bay Area, has laid off 1.5 percent of its workforce —… By Gabriel Greschler Mar 8, 2021
Talking With ... Q&A: This punk rock chiropractor is here to tell you you’re sitting wrong Before becoming a chiropractor in San Francisco, Ricky Fishman followed a lot of twists and turns in his career. First he was a public school teacher.… By Gabriel Greschler Mar 3, 2021
Health Jewish hospital chaplains are on the pandemic’s spiritual front line In early February, Dr. Bruce Feldstein, a Jewish chaplain at Stanford Medicine, peered into a glass window as a man on a breathing tube, suffering from a… By Gabriel Greschler Feb 16, 2021