Tag: san francisco
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Food & Kashrus
I heard you found kosher cheese at…
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw large bags of kosher and cholov yisroel cheese at Smart and Final last week, I myself…
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Jewish Life
Typical Jewish Liberal apartment advertisement in San Francisco
I'm a member if this Bay Area Jewish list serve that sends me ads a few times a day and most often they are…
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Yeshivish
There aren’t enough frummies in the Bay Area
I miss those families that have erev shabbos kugel, I find this kind of weird because I've never really missed frummies before, but I…
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Shul Life
Frummy spotted at San Francisco egalitarian minyan
I noticed that the supposed mens section side of the tri-chitza (triple section mechitza) was kind of mixed so I sat in the back…
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Food & Kashrus
Keeping kosher style is a good thing
This picture was taken in the kitchen of Shar Zahav, the LGBTQ (gay) reform shul in San Francisco. Now before you start having…
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Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur
Shofar Flash mob in San Francisco
I still haven't exactly figured out what a flash mob is, a bunch of people around the world doing something in public at the…
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Jewish Life
How to Spot FFB’s
In the Bay Area I am constantly the only FFB (frum from birth) person at meals and other Jewish events I go to. So…
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Jewish Life
Liberal Bashing at the shabbos table
I was recently off in the central time zone for a weekend somewhere and when it came to light that I was living in…
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Jewish Life
One of the most amazing murals I’ve ever seen
Yesterday at about 11am I get a call from my good friend Matthue Roth telling me he has a layover in San Francisco, so…
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December Dilemmas
Frum Satire show in San Francisco Motzoi Shabbos/Christmas
I know it's a bit short notice and I know a lot of people will be away, but for those of you that are…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
San Francisco Brit Milah Ban
Babies in San Francisco are up in arms over the proposed brit milah ban there, many babies have voiced concern over not having the…
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Jewish Life
I can live here
I can’t live here, I remember thinking of Dallas, this thought was solely based on aesthetics, things were too new, too fresh, the paint…
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Israel
Orthodox Gays struggling to establish community in Israel
The biggest challenge in my mind to the Frum Gay community which is just in its beginnings is trying to introduce itself into mainstream…
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Food & Kashrus
Are you a coffee snob?
On the east coast we call them coffee snobs, those people that think Starbucks is purposefully burnt so people will flavor their coffee with…
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Jewish Life
The little Jewish community that could
I can’t believe everyone’s so young, it seems like the last time I was here everyone was much older, had that many members died…
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Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur
One of the more interesting Rosh Hashanah’s
Several months ago a friend of mine called me up and asked if I could hook him up with a place for Rosh Hashanah…
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Jewish Life
Bay Area Orthodox Jews are ahead of their time
One of the first things I was told when I moved to the Bay Area was that the Jewish community was way ahead of…
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Chassidim & Chabad
Shabbos with the Motorcycle Rabbi
I think it was the first time in my life that I heard the following from a Rabbi with a long white beard: “You…
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Pesach
My first days of pesach were awesome
My nose was filled with sweet cologne as two men sat in back of me, I could smell them as soon as the door…
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Pesach
I love Pesach
I absolutely love long Jewish holidays like Pesach. I know that many folks can’t wait for it to be over, whenever someone says that…
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Jewish Life
Jewish Ethics and the Internet: This Thursday at Twitter headquarters
Jewish Ethics and the Internet: How the Internet is Changing Human Relationships When: Thurs. February 11, 6 PM Where: Twitter Headquarters, 795 Folsom Street…
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Dating & Marriage
The Mission Minyan: If Orthodox and Egalitarian were possible
We walked in during pisukei d’zimra and there was already a large crowd of people gathered. I took a seat all the way to…