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a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
Posted inObituaries

Death announcements for the week of April 4, 2025

by J. Staff April 4, 2025April 4, 2025
(Photo/Flickr-María Helena Carey CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inCommunity

Lifecycles announcements for the week of April 4, 2025

by J. Staff April 4, 2025April 4, 2025
Boxes of Trader Joe's matzah for sale. (Photo/JTA-Isabella Armus)
Posted inTorah

Matzah represents our need for humility in relationships

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 3, 2025April 4, 2025
Left: A typical plate at Bo.Re.Kas Sephardic Kitchen in Sherman Oaks, California, March 27, 2025. (Philissa Cramer); Right: Ben Siman Tov stands behind the counter of his New York City boureka shop, Buba, during its soft launch, March 30, 2025. (Rachel Ringler)
Posted inFood

From L.A. to NYC, can Israeli bourekas enter the American fast-food mainstream?

by Rachel Ringler April 2, 2025April 4, 2025
The pile of haggadahs in intrepid haggadah correspondent David A.M. Wilensky's home grows ever taller. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPassover

New haggadahs for 2025 include sage wisdom, JewBelong’s take — and one ‘in the original Klingon’

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 1, 2025April 4, 2025
Passover "Malabi" (Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

Pistachios, apple and Manischewitz syrup top this Passover pudding

Micah Siva by Micah Siva March 31, 2025April 21, 2025
An ad for a Sept. 18, 1985, performance of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in San Francisco, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. (J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Israel Philharmonic, an ‘orchestra of soloists,’ was formed by musicians forced out of Germany in 1930s

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 28, 2025April 3, 2025
Passover offerings from Market Hall Foods.
Posted inPassover

Where to get Passover food around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 28, 2025March 16, 2026
You can find Pecan Pie Matzo Crunch, J. recipe columnist Micah Siva's take on the popular Passover dessert, here. Like Karyn Lipman's 1990 recipe, it features pecans. (Micah Siva)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Who invented matzah brittle? Just like toffee, the plot thickens

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 27, 2025June 19, 2025
A volvelle (an instrument for calculating when new months begin) from Offenbach, Germany, 1722. (Library of Congress)
Posted inTorah

As free people, Israelites reclaimed their most precious commodity: Time

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein March 27, 2025March 27, 2025

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