Talking With ... Q&A: This podcast host is a ‘Proud Stutterer’ Maya Chupkov stutters, though you might not notice it. She has stuttered since childhood, but learned over the years — and with lots of speech therapy —… By Liz Harris Jan 11, 2022
Food At long last, premium Israeli whisky is here — was it worth the wait? This piece first appeared in the Forward. I’ve never anticipated a dram of whisky as much as the Milk & Honey APEX Dead Sea. I was waiting for over… By Dan Friedman, Forward Jan 10, 2022
Religion What Rabbi Leo Baeck can teach us on Tu B’Shevat I imagine that Leo Baeck, the 20th-century German Reform rabbi, would frown quizzically at an outdoor Tu B’Shevat retreat in a Northern California… By George Altshuler Jan 10, 2022
Obituaries Bob Saget, comedian and actor of ‘Full House’ fame, dies at 65 Bob Saget, the comedian and actor famous for playing a wholesome sitcom father figure but who never lost his flair for raunchy comedy, has died at 65.… By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 10, 2022
Torah Midnight can be the moment that changes the course of history The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Bo Exodus 10:1–13:16 When we were younger — and… By Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf Jan 7, 2022
Lifecycles Lifecycles for the week of Jan. 7, 2022 Births Carol Reif and Jeffrey Gilman of Lafayette joyfully welcomed granddaughter Lucy Maeve Gilman and grandson Benjamin Felix Gilman on Aug. 12, 2021.… By J. Staff Jan 7, 2022
Obituaries Deaths for the week of Jan. 7, 2022 Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Sylvia Bearman Aug. 11, 1935–Dec. 22, 2021 Sylvia Bearman passed peacefully and… By J. Staff Jan 7, 2022
First Person Let’s follow Buster Posey’s example in our own marriages What fan of the San Francisco Giants won’t miss Buster Posey? Still at the top of his game, the seven-time all-star who won three World Series with… By Marcia Naomi Berger Jan 6, 2022
The Matzo Chronicles Over time, friends became more important than family Some children are precocious, spouting clever insights one after another. I wasn’t one of them. I had only one illuminating insight at the not-so-early… By Karen Galatz Jan 5, 2022