The Matzo Chronicles
Scared I had Covid? You bet! But love has helped me heal.
Always one to be different, I got pneumonia amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Coughing, high fevers, weak, felt like I was going to die, swabbed (twice!) (yuck)…
Obituaries
Comedy legend Carl Reiner dies at 98
Until the last day of his life, Carl Reiner was tweeting about some of his favorite topics: politics, comedy and the twists and turns he experienced over…
Books
A treasure trove of LGBTQ texts from two millennia of Jewish history
A year before Noam Sienna, 30, earned his Ph.D. in Jewish history at the University of Minnesota last month, he had already published a groundbreaking…
Organic Epicure
Johnny Doughnuts started as John Dough, delicious on arrival
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Like so many food business owners, Johnny Doughnuts founder Craig Blum…
Obituaries
Deaths for the week of June 28-July 4, 2020
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. Ronald…
World
100,000 reportedly attend Zoom commemoration for Chabad Rebbe
The Chabad-Lubavitch movement estimates that 100,000 people on 45,000 devices gathered in an online Zoom event to honor the late Chabad rebbe, Rabbi…
Torah
Bad apples come from bad barrels
The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Korach Numbers 16:1–18:32 We find the Rabbi of…
Lifecycles
Lifecycles for the week of June 26, 2020
Births Ariella Ruth Citron was born on June 5, 2020, to parents Daniel and Karin Citron in St. Louis. Grandparents are Dvora and Eric Citron of Orinda.…
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…