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When Elissa Meth Kestin’s grandmother had to move away from the community she had lived in for decades, leaving behind close friends and her longstanding game of Mahjong, the younger woman decided to learn to play the game properly, so she could play with her grandmother to cheer her up. Wanting to learn the game…
“Rosh Hodesh: Beginning and Renewal,” a community art exhibition on view at the San Francisco Bureau of Jewish Education’s Jewish Community Library until July 31, begins and ends with an egg. Curator Elayne Grossbard selected Amy Kassiola’s colorful mixed media “One Cycle of the Moon,” which depicts the egg of a woman’s menstrual cycle, as…
Prime Ribs From the Week’s News: • There were no mini-skirts or corsets — or men — at this recent Jerusalem fashion show, featuring tsnius clothing for observant Jewish women. • The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles this summer launched a blog all about mah jongg — the tile game that has long been a…
די לאַנגיאָריקע קולטור־טוערין פּערל קרופּיט דערציילט וועגן אַ ירושה־זאַך וואָס איז, צום גליק, נישט צעשטערט געוואָרן בעת אַ פּאָגראָם אין 1923.
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