Andy Naja-Riese, 35, is CEO of the Agricultural Institute of Marin, an educational nonprofit that organizes farmers markets, farm-based educational programs and a mobile market in three Bay Area counties. He’s also the founder of the Bay Area Group Eating Lox & Bagels (or “B.A.G.E.L. & Bagels”). He lives with his husband in San Rafael.…
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Our Crowd
Honors, happenings, comings & goings — March 2019
Happenings On March 15, a dozen students from Jewish Community High School of the Bay participated in the Global Climate Strike, walking out of school as…
Torah
Find your flame, and keep it lit
Tzav Leviticus 6:1–8:36 The next Olympics will take place in Tokyo in the summer of 2020. A few months before the July 24 opening ceremony, an Olympic…
Parenting
Climate change through my daughter's eyes
Our oldest child is 18 and has decided she no longer wants to eat meat. This has less to do with saving animals and more to do with saving the planet. She…
Lifecycles
Lifecycles for the week of March 22, 2019
Births With gratitude to HaShem, Rabbi Moshe and Talia Langer are overjoyed to announce the birth of their son, Shalom Leib, on Wednesday, March 6 (29th…
Obituaries
Deaths for the week of March 22, 2019
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Stanley Cleaner May 17, 1931-March 12, 2019 Stanley Cleaner passed away on March…
Small Bites
Oren's Hummus plans 'express' stores; new Jewish deli coming to S.F.
Aaron London, a highly lauded Jewish chef who is the force behind Al’s Place — a Mission District restaurant that has one Michelin star and was named one…
Obituaries
‘His legacy is enormous’: Larry Raphael, Sherith Israel rabbi emeritus, 72
When Rabbi Larry Raphael, who passed away on March 17 at age 72, first came to work at San Francisco’s Sherith Israel in 2003, he had a list of all the…
Purim
The only hamantaschen recipe you’ll ever need
There are many beautiful insights into the story of Purim; one is that it celebrates a miracle that presents itself as part of the natural order.…