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How to Prepare a Passover Seder Plate

Pesach (or Passover in English) celebrates the Exodus of the ancient Hebrews from Egypt. All the rituals connected with the seder are to remind us...
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Lighter Side of 50-Something: Cleaning Up After Christmas

Christmas is over. In fact it’s a new year already, and you know it’s time for the tree to go when you get up in the middle of the...
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Lighter Side of 50-Something: Trimming the tree in a Judeo-Christian household

Perhaps you have your grandmother’s heirloom ornaments wrapped tenderly in tissue paper and stored in a cedar box. If you do, you are lucky....
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Hanukkah events in the San Francisco Bay Area 2009

Here are some of the many Hanukkah events happening around the Bay Area during Hanukkah week 2009. Menorah Lightings on Sunday December 13 include:...
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How to make Hanukkah latkes

Latkes are the traditional food for Hanukkah. They are simple to make and quite delicious. The trick is the temperature of the frying pan or...
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Lighter Side of 50-Something: Writing the Holiday Letter

We have all received them. Those plastic holiday letters that say nothing in two pages. Charley won the Nobel Prize again this year. Rita got her...
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Coro Hispano de San Francisco celebrates the arrival of the Three Kings

Coro Hispano de San Francisco celebrates the arrival of the Three Kings once again with its festive Día de los Reyes Kids' Concert, on...
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Getting married on the San Francisco ferry

One of the best kept secrets of the Bay Area is the ferry service that runs daily from San Francisco to points around the Bay. Comfortable, clean,...
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How to include someone with Alzheimer's in holiday festivities

If someone you love has Alzheimer’s, and s/he will be with you for the holidays, you can plan ahead and find ways to include him/her in the...
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Rituals and traditions affect personal worth

Holiday personal worth management week two: rituals and traditions. How are rituals and traditions the same or different? How do these similarities...
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