Alix Wallis a freelance writer in Oakland, Calif. where she specializes in Jews, love and food.
Alix Wall
By Alix Wall
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News Rabbi Burt Jacobson, social activist and founder of Bay Area Renewal synagogue, dies at 87
He created a full-fledged, multi-generational synagogue for a counter-cultural Jewish movement
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Culture The fastest growing sport in the US, pickleball is as accessible as it is fun
Pickleball champion Michael Lipp, 70, took to the sport 'like a fish takes to water'
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Fast Forward Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who stood up to neo-Nazis in Skokie, dies at 102
The survivor of two death marches often signed his name with 129592, the concentration camp number tattooed on his arm
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News This Jewish couple ended their three-country wedding tour with a colorful Oaxacan ceremony
Hallie Applebaum and Evan Raffel met online during the pandemic. Their first in-person date lasted two weeks
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News This young American couple had Scotland’s first-ever queer Jewish wedding
Han Smith and Jennifer Andreacchi had been Jewish for just weeks when they became the first LGBTQ Jews to wed in Scotland
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Fast Forward Ugly Hanukkah sweaters brought this Washington power couple together
Shelley Greenspan, the Biden administration's liaison to the Jewish community, married Reuben Smith-Vaughan on Sept. 18
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Fast Forward A first kiss, then marriage: Two rabbis-to-be tie the knot at a fun-filled California wedding
Five days after their June wedding, Margaux Wolberg and Zoe Dressner headed off for a school year in Jerusalem
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News Jewish marriage rites are robust. Now a rabbi is innovating rituals for Jews who divorce.
'One person ‘tashliched’ their wedding ring into the river,' Rabbi Deborah Newbrun recalled about the first 'Divorce & Discovery: A Jewish Healing Retreat.'
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