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Alix Wall

Alix Wall

Alix Wall is a contributing editor to J. She is also the founder of the Illuminoshi: The Not-So-Secret Society of Bay Area Jewish Food Professionals and is writer/producer of a documentary-in-progress called "The Lonely Child."

Jesse Bloom leading a workshop in 2016. (Photo/Stephen Flynn)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

For local Jewish food businesses, necessity is the mother of reinvention

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 20, 2020April 25, 2020
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen is one of the few Jewish opera singers in the country. (Photo/Kristen Loken)
Posted inMusic

S.F. Opera musicians get together virtually for video of Ravel’s ‘Kaddish’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 17, 2020April 20, 2020
Sam Tobis, owner of Grand Bakery (Photo/Courtesy Tobis)
Posted inUncategorized

Spreadsheet lists local Jewish food businesses still operating during pandemic

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 15, 2020April 15, 2020
Alby Kass died March 31 of Covid-19. (COURTESY JONATHON KASS)
Posted inObituaries

Singer and North Bay Jewish leader Alby Kass, 89, dies of Covid-19

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 14, 2020April 14, 2020
Shorty Goldstein's Rachel sandwich, now available at Floodwater in Mill Valley
Posted inSmall Bites

Shorty Goldstein’s deli classics return as lunchtime popup at Mill Valley gastropub

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
Mike Perlmutter, wearing his grandfather's hat,  with the letter certifying his Polish citizenship. (ALICIA MOORE)
Posted inBay Area

The story behind one Berkeley Jewish man’s quest for Polish citizenship

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
Mica Talmor in front of the Piedmont Ave. location of her forthcoming venture, Pomella (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Pomella restaurant opens in Oakland in the middle of pandemic

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 31, 2020April 22, 2025
Debbie Shahvar in the kitchen at Buttercup Diner. (FILE PHOTO)
Posted inJewish Life

‘A complete disaster’: Jewish food businesses crushed by coronavirus

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
Latke Tent event at Saul's Deli in Berkeley, 2016 (Photo/File)
Posted inSmall Bites

Saul’s Deli sale falls through due to coronavirus, owners set up fund for employees

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 30, 2020March 31, 2020
2020 Market Hall seder plate with horseradish, shank bone and eggs. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inJewish Life

Don’t want to cook that seder yourself? Here are options for delivery or takeout seder meals in the Bay Area.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 24, 2020March 30, 2020

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