Building Jewish Bridges

Reassuring reading for Jewish kids RIGHT NOW. Some Jewish joy for all.

In a Scary World, Jewish Kids Books Bring My Family Joy – Kveller Jewish parents, go ahead and say it: We aren’t OK. On top of all the usual challenges of raising children (will my preschooler please go to bed on time, just once?), we are swimming in deep anxiety about their safety and their future in a post-October 7 reality. Some days, we feel powerless to cre...

I love this photo of Rabbi Mark Bloom of Temple Beth Abraham explaining Jewish religion to Catholic school teachers participating in a 4-day seminar sponsored by The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights. (photo by Deborah Lauter)

Ever been to Urban Adamah in Berkeley? They're about to have their b'nai mitzvah!
Yeah, I wish I had a goat too.

'Urban Adamitzvah': Berkeley Jewish farm reaps 13 years of growth Urban Adamah will celebrate a bar mitzvah of sorts in September, marking 13 years since it began growing fruits and vegetables.

My sister hated her super curly hair and spent hours straightening it. Now my kids & their friends happily embrace what my son calls, "A Jewfro" What about your family? Curly haired people SHARE!

Curly Hair Is Trendy Now. Where Was This When I Was a Jewish Kid?! I hated my hair for a long time. In high school, I’d constantly try to flatten it, annoyed at its stubborn refusal to sit straight on my head like all my other friends, damping it down with bathroom sink water during five-minute bell changes in school. The thick heat of an outdoors-based Florida s...

Is a Jewish spouse coming to the White House? An interfaith couple in the White House?? YAY!

Doug Emhoff positioned to become first Jewish White House spouse If Kamala Harris is nominated and wins, her husband Doug Emhoff would be the first Jewish spouse in the White House.

Hope, pray and work for peace.

This Performance of the Israeli and Palestinian Jerusalem Youth Chorus on ‘America’s Got Talent’ Is So Moving – Kveller "You made something very complicated beautiful through friendship," Simon Cowell told the Israeli and Palestinian singers.

Film of a true story of a woman photojournalist on the frontline in WWII. Looks interesting.

The First Trailer for Kate Winslet and Andy Samberg's Holocaust Movie 'Lee' Is Here – Kveller The first trailer for “Lee,” the biopic about American photographer Lee Miller — the New York-born model-turned-fashion photographer-turned-photojournalist, who took incredibly harrowing and iconic pictures of WWII and in post-WWII Europe, including the first pictures of the Dachau concentrati...

There's an interfaith couple living at 10 Downing Street! They are raising their kids Jewish! Can't wait to see pictures of their Seders.

Meet Victoria Starmer, the UK's First Jewish 'First Lady' – Kveller Last Friday, Victoria Starmer, the wife of newly elected U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, made a striking entrance onto the international stage. She accompanied her husband to 10 Downing Street and stood by his side as he delivered his first speech as PM, following Labour’s landslide election...

The oldest man in the USA died at 110. He was Jewish.
He almost made it to the traditional 120 years of Jewish legend.

Morrie Markoff, Jewish supercentenarian and oldest man in US, dies at 110 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Markoff became a prolific blogger after 105, titling one post about his long life "Bashert," Yiddish for "fate."

What makes humor JEWISH?? MyJewishLearning.com tries to define it.

The 4 Components of Jewish Humor | My Jewish Learning What makes humor Jewish?

What was it like in the Colleyville, TX synagogue when an intruder held them hostage?
A new film is coming out that uses security cam footage.

With never-before-seen security cam footage, movie brings viewers inside tense hostage crisis at Texas synagogue ‘Colleyville’ is Israeli-American director Dani Menkin’s latest documentary to explore a slice of modern Jewish history.

It's still a challenge to be a multiracial Jew.

Why Do So Many Fellow Jews Assume I Don’t Know What My Hebrew Name Means? My name is one of the things I love most about myself. I am Emet, I am my own Truth. It encompasses two aspects that are deeply important to me: my dedication to being my authentic self and my Jewish identity. And yet so often, other Jews feel the need to tell me that my name is Hebrew for “truth....

Shabbat Shalom!

I did it! Made challah hot dogs for the 4th. So good!

I'm thinking I'll try this! Hot dogs in challah for the 4th of July.
You'll need a parve challah recipe. I'll put one in the comments.

Challah Hot Dogs | The Nosher Its officially hot dog season if ever there was one, and I freely admit: I love hot dogs. I have even found ...

Shabbat Shalom!

Weekend Reading for Fun and Calm - Building Jewish Bridges It’s been a tough year so far and doesn’t seem likely to improve soon. So how about some peaceful and encouraging reading options for Shabbat and the weekend? Willie Mays loved his Jewish friends. The J-weekly shared this story about local baseball legend, Mays. Put your money where your mouth i...

In the news: Posting the 10 Commandments in public schools... seriously? Can we even agree on which 10, which language, which translation? To say nothing of the Founding Fathers and separation of church and state!

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-ten-commandments/?

Love the pictures from the JCC of the East Bay for welcoming Shabbat!
SHABBAT SHALOM!

There's no time like summer for a lovely read!
Jewish books for every age!

120 Jewish Books For Every Age | My Jewish Learning Reading is a lifelong Jewish practice. Deepen your knowledge of Judaism with a book for every age, from birth all the way to 120.

Jewish Baby Network is hosting a variety of Pride events. This one is in SF. Have a look!

Tot Pride in the Park Connect with other SF families and celebrate Pride with baby and tot family fun. (New Parents) (Jewish Parenting)

Shavuot is celebrated with greenery in Israel - spring joy!
My lemon tree is bent with fruit so how about making a lemon cake tonight and extending the joy?

Lemon Drizzle Cake This lemon drizzle cake is my take on Mary Berry’s recipe, the tastiest and easiest cake ever! Double the lemon drizzle topping for extra lemony flavor.

There's still time to make these amazing loaves for a festive Shavuot Shabbat!

Special Challah For Shavuos! The very special Jewish holiday of Shavuos starts on Saturday night, so it's time to get serious about our holiday preparations. Well, at least I'd recommend that you get serious, I'm swamped with work from a design project and am...

An exciting Juneteenth celebration coming to the SF JCC!

JCCSF invites prominent Black Jews to lead its first Juneteenth event Chef Michael Twitty, singer Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell and Jews of Color Initiative CEO Ilana Kaufman will lead the celebration.

Joy in Israel. Noa is back with her father and her dying mother will get to see her daughter.
Three other hostages rescued too. They are all men and I doubt they would ever have been released.

OPINION | Hostage rescue is a joyous distraction. A deal is still key. The astonishing mission reaffirms a fundamental truth: A negotiated deal is still the best way to release all the hostages and end bloodshed.

Curious George's author & illustrators escaped the N***s on bicycles. 😄

How Curious George Fled the N***s – Kveller Across the course of the seven original stories by H.A. and Margret Rey, Curious George, the rambunctious monkey who gets taken out of Africa by the Man with the Yellow Hat, relocates to America and — among many exciting new undertakings— gets a job as a window washer, joins the circus, and even...

Are you near Mill Valley? Check out this powerful film, Avenue of the Giants, that the Osher Marin JCC is showing in June.

Avenue of the Giants- Encore Presentation Join us at JCC South to see the miraculous tale of Herbert Heller's true story of survival, adapted for the screen with filmmaker talk back

Does ANYONE remember Jeff Smith, the Frugal Gourmet? He once said of herring that his grandmother said, "If you eat herring, you hardly ever die."

Go have some herring!

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/the-brief-jewish-history-of-herring-and-why-you-should-be-eating-it/?

Jewish Comfort Foods - What is YOUR comfort food?
https://www.kveller.com/jewish-childhood-comfort-foods-from-around-the-globe/?

Michael Twitty, James Beard and National Jewish Book Award winning chef, culinary historian, and author of The Cooking Gene and Koshersoul is coming to San Francisco!

EREV JUNETEENTH A celebration of freedom centering the voices of Black Jews and honoring this 150-year-old holiday through a Jewish lens.