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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
Jeffrey Klein leading a seder in 1990. (Courtesy Klein Family)
Posted inObituaries

Jeffrey Klein, 77, Mother Jones co-founder, connected journalism with his Jewish values

by Grace Gilson March 25, 2025March 25, 2025
A black and white photo of a man in glasses sitting at a desk with a slight grin
Posted inObituaries

Max Frankel, Jewish New York Times executive editor who fled the Nazis, dies at 94

by Grace Gilson March 24, 2025March 24, 2025
Seder table at JCRC's annual Freedom Seder, 2023. (Anastasiia Sapon/JCRC)
Posted inPassover

UPDATED: Community seders abound across Northern California

by J. Staff March 21, 2025April 8, 2025
Mazel tov, Selma Hyams Poland!
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Lifecycles announcements for the week of March 21, 2025

by J. Staff March 21, 2025March 21, 2025
a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
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Death announcements for the week of March 21, 2025

by J. Staff March 21, 2025March 21, 2025
About 670 people came to Camp Tawonga’s 100th anniversary celebration event March 8 in San Francisco. The event featured multi-generational Tawonga families, a short program, freilach music and dancing.
Posted inOur Crowd

Happenings, honors, opportunities,comings and goings — March 2025

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 21, 2025March 21, 2025
Marchers cross the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march. (Rabbi Amy Eilberg)
Posted inTorah

‘Despair is not a strategy’: Marching in Selma, 60 years later

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 20, 2025March 20, 2025
Turmeric Vegetable Matzo Ball Soup (Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

Turmeric Vegetable Matzo Ball Soup floats a modern take on tradition

Micah Siva by Micah Siva March 19, 2025April 21, 2025

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