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Last year, I wrote about Chanukah activities in San Francisco. This year, the topic is Christmas. Yes, Christmas. Those ever-hip San Francisco Jews not only know how to celebrate Chanukah in wildly original style; they’ve also got Christmas covered. An array of events around town ensures that no bored Jew, in town for a visit […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:10 p.m. Torah: Genesis 37:1-40:23 Haftarah: Amos 2:6-3:8 Havdalah: 5:13 p.m. There’s a famous question posed by the Bais Yosef as to why we celebrate Chanukah for eight days and not seven, as the flask of oil the Maccabees found had enough to last one day, so the miracle was really […]

Harvard University students received flyers from a fictional “Harvard’s Newest Final Club” explicitly stating that Jews should not apply but “coloreds” are welcome to do so. The flyer invited students to an introductory club event, listing three virtues: “inclusion,” with the footnote of “Jews need not apply”; “diversity,” followed by the words “Seriously, no f*ing […]

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