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From the cover of "The Chanukah Bears of Marin Circle" written by Hope Alper and illustrated by Jennifer Silverman.

Books

The story of Berkeley roundabout’s bear cubs becomes Hanukkah children’s book

When you drive through Marin Circle in Berkeley, your eyes are probably fixed on the traffic that streams through the busy roundabout. But if you look…
By Maya Mirsky Dec 4, 2019
(From left) Rabbi Susan Silverman, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Tiffany Haddish, Aliza Rose Silverman and Billy Crystal, who is filming a movie with Haddish. (JTA/Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix)

Comedy

Tiffany Haddish’s celebrity-filled bat mitzvah, in photos

Tiffany Haddish celebrated her bat mitzvah Tuesday night surrounded by an array of Jewish celebrity friends, including Billy Crystal, Chelsea Handler and…
By Gabe Friedman, JTA Dec 4, 2019
Sibling team Bonnie and Schecky Miluso sitting on boxes of figs and almonds in the Napa Nuts warehouse. (Brent Augustine)

Organic Epicure

Siblings are taking a crack at family business Napa Nuts

Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. When Schecky and Bonnie Miluso were growing up in Napa, they had a…
By Alix Wall Dec 4, 2019
(Pixabay CC0)

Mixed & Matched

Isn’t Christmas just one day?

Dear Dawn: I moved in with my Jewish boyfriend in July. At that time, I agreed not to have Christmas in our apartment. Now I’m having second thoughts. I…
By Dawn Kepler Dec 3, 2019
Hernán Rustein (right) at the Vatican, where he sang in 2014. (Fotografia Felici)

Religion

Latin America’s rising ‘passion’ for Reform Judaism coming to Bay Area this Shabbat

Argentine cantor and rabbinical student Hernán Rustein feels as if he is making history. “It’s very exciting,” he said. “We’re doing it out of passion.…
By Maya Mirsky Dec 3, 2019
Oct. 6 drop-in genealogy session at the Jewish Community Library in San Francisco with members of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society. (Courtesy SFBAJGS)

Bay Area

Genealogy ‘mavens’ go old-school to uncover Jewish past

Final part of three-part PAST LIVES series on Jewish genealogical research. On a recent Sunday afternoon, Sam Ginsburg sat in a library with a mess of…
By Gabe Stutman Dec 3, 2019
Oded Shakked at his Sonoma winery, Longboard Vineyards. (Courtesy Oded Shakked)

Organic Epicure

Surfin’ Israeli is totally stoked about his Healdsburg winery

Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Oded Shakked has been running his own winery, Longboard Vineyards, for 15…
By Alix Wall Dec 2, 2019
Ava Hinz is a student at Mountain View High School. (Wikimedia/Bahn Mi CC BY-SA 2.0)

Youth Voice

It’s time for High Holidays to become official school holidays

This past October, rather than celebrating the two most holy holidays in my religion, I attended my high school classes to avoid falling behind. This is a…
By Ava Hinz Dec 2, 2019
Thousands of rabbis who serve as emissaries for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement pose for their annual "class picture" in front of Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Nov. 24, 2019. (Mendel Grossbaum/Chabad.org)

Opinion

Look past the beard and black hat — you’ll see a rainbow

If there is ever a contest for “world’s most misunderstood photo,” the annual “class photo” of the shluchim (Chabad rabbis) surely will be a…
By Rabbi Eli Friedman Dec 2, 2019
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