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hummus, olive oil, chickpeas
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Hummus Bodega seeks new owner, while Delirama bites the crust

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 26, 2024February 23, 2024
Matthew Kosoy at work early in the morning at Rosalind Bakery in Pacifica on Jan. 18, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

The secret to Rosalind Bakery’s tangy sourdough? The Pacific Ocean

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 25, 2024February 23, 2024
An article on a scandal within the Jewish National Fund in a July 2000 issue of J.
Posted inFrom the Archives

The Jews (and this newspaper) love trees

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 24, 2024May 29, 2024
From the cover of “Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and Its Origins”
Posted inBooks

‘Why the Bible Began’: New book marvels at the Hebrew Bible’s formation

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 23, 2024May 2, 2024
A bicyclist peers through a window at Smitten ice cream in San Francisco, Nov. 22, 2023. The chain's Valencia Street location was vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti the month before. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

‘We’re just a bagel shop’: Local Jewish and Israeli restaurateurs targeted over Gaza war

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 16, 2024February 23, 2024
Matzah ball soup from Pomella in Oakland (Photo/Courtesy Pomella)
Posted inColumns

Horoscopes for Shevat: Ready for some spiritual nourishment?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude January 12, 2024January 12, 2024
The front page of the 1968 issue of J. immediately following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Posted inFrom the Archives

MLK first graced our pages in 1957, but civil rights coverage went back decades

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 11, 2024May 29, 2024
John B. Hickam, 1914-1970 (Photo/Smithsonian Institution Archives)
Posted inSeniors

Medical decisions can come down to Occam’s razor vs. Hickam’s dictum

by Dr. Jerry Saliman January 3, 2024January 3, 2024
"Jacob Blesses His Sons" from "Figures de la Bible," 1728
Posted inTorah

Jacob’s complicated blessings and rebukes for his sons

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen December 28, 2023
Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's "Harmony" is now on Broadway. (Photo/JTA-Julieta Cervantes)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Broadway’s ‘Harmony’ includes origin story of singer who became S.F. cantor

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz December 26, 2023December 28, 2023

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