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Faither Kramer's Spicy Gefilte Fish Baked in Mini Peppers (FAITH KRAMER)
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These gefilte fish poppers and matzah casserole will add new flavor to your seder

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer March 26, 2020March 26, 2020
Kosher for Passover food on a store shelf. (JTA/WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN/GETTY)
Posted inPassover

Plenty of kosher for Passover food available, Orthodox Union certification agency says

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA March 23, 2020
Market Hall seder plate with freshly prepared horseradish, shank bone and eggs. (Photo/Courtesy Market Hall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

At Market Hall, they cry over the horseradish so you don’t have to

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 18, 2020March 30, 2020
This Passover, as in every year, new haggadahs abound.
Posted inKids & Family

New haggadahs for 2020: nationalism, artistry, the environment and more

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 11, 2020March 12, 2020
Aquarian Minyan's Purim celebration at Ashkenaz in Berkeley. (ALEX MADONIK)
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Despite coronavirus, public Purim celebrations go on around Bay Area

by Sue Fishkoff March 10, 2020March 11, 2020
Businessmen talking in secrecy. (JTA/GETTY)
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A year ago, I said #MeToo. Purim reminds me of all we haven’t learned.

Sheila Katz by Sheila Katz March 9, 2020March 9, 2020
Purim groggers, masks and hamantaschen (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inReligion

Purim is a holiday for partying. This year, the coronavirus makes things different.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 9, 2020
Participants in the “No Hate, No Fear” solidarity march in lower Manhattan, Jan. 5, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Erik McGregor-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

How much spiritual energy should we devote to anti-Semitism?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 6, 2020March 5, 2020
Rabbi Yossi Marcus, coeditor of a new edition of the Megillah. (FILE PHOTO)
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Chabad edition offers mystical insights into Book of Esther

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 4, 2020September 23, 2022
Five-year-old Greta Salmi as Queen Esther.
Posted inPurim

An eye-opening moment for a 5-year-old Queen Esther (me)

Greta Salmi by Greta Salmi March 3, 2020March 2, 2020

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