10 things to do this weekend for sf weekly

10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

By this point you're probably exhausted from all those hours of ripping shiny wrapping paper off lackluster presents and regaling relatives with stories of your wacky life in the big city. And like us, you're probably hurting for cash a bit in this last week of the month after spending all your hard earned dough on gifts for said relatives.

Do not fret; San Francisco has plenty of sparkly and non-denominational holiday events this weekend to fit your tightened budget [...]

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Al Qaeda’s experimental noise attracts members of the Minutemen and Pinback

leora tanenbaum for the j. the jewish news weekly

‘Catfight’ author takes a swipe at religious inequality

girls in trouble for j. the jewish news weekly

Girls in Trouble plays out darker side of the Bible

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Battle of the ’bees: Two games put a new spin on traditional dreidel game

fool's gold for j. the jewish news weekly

Mining its roots: Fool’s Gold mixes Hebrew with Afro-pop
A musician is dancing near an expansive swimming pool at a Beverly Hills mansion, mugging for the camera while singing in Hebrew, his bass guitar strapped to his back.

amy x neuberg for j. the jewish news weekly

Cutting-edge artiste puts concentration camp recipes to music
In the Thereisenstadt concentration camp just north of Prague, during the Nazi occupation, a group of Jewish female prisoners documented their family recipes for foods such as flaky strudel, linzer torte and Czech cake.

why? for venuszine.com

Yoni Wolf on WHY?'s least hip hop album Eskimo Snow

mexican synagogues for j. the jewish news weekly

Photo exhibit shows breadth of Mexican synagogues

Photographer Moy Volcovich was born in Mexico City in 1963 to an Ashkenazi father from Poland and a Mexican-born Sephardic mother. At the time, this was a highly unusual pairing among Jewish couples in his country, Volcovich says.

And to some extent, he adds, it still is. [...]

blog posts for j. the jewish news weekly

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girls in trouble for venuszine

Alicia Jo Rabins sings about the original Girls In Trouble
Passionate sex, familial betrayal, abandoned children. No, it's not another teen-angst driven nighttime soap opera: it's the Torah [...]