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Scott Horwitz (left) pictured for his 1979 bar mitzvah and in August 2013 (right) with his daughter Sara Horwitz, son Josh Horwitz and wife Missy Mastel for Sara’s bat mitzvah at Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco. (Photos/Courtesy Horwitz)
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Beth Sholom member finished chanting the entire Torah — with a little nudge from his wife

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 16, 2024April 17, 2024
Yakov Yarmove, director of ethnic foods at Albertsons Market,
spearheaded the expansion of kosher offerings at Andronico’s in San Francisco's Inner Sunset location (seen here) and a Safeway in San Jose. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

‘We’re so happy’: Kosher options expand at major grocery stores in S.F. and San Jose

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 15, 2024May 23, 2024
Joan Nathan at a National Yiddish Book Center event in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 2011. (Photo/JTA-Dina Rudick-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inJewish Life

Joan Nathan, pioneering Jewish food maven, dishes all in her new autobiography

by Rachel Ringler April 15, 2024April 15, 2024
Foreground: The very first mention of Manischewitz in this publication in 1905 (Screenshot/J. Archives). Background: Some years later, the brand received a very orange visual refresh (Graphic/Courtesy Manischewitz).
Posted inFrom the Archives

Man, oh Manischewitz! How newspapers like this one boosted the brand for over a century

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 12, 2024
Brisket, matzah ball soup, gefilte fish and more is available at Mollie Stone's. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inJewish Life

Your guide to Passover food in the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 11, 2024May 23, 2024
Nan Fink Gefen and Rabbi Michael Lerner look over an early issue of Tikkun magazine in the 1980s. (Photo/File)
Posted inCulture

Tikkun magazine to close after nearly 40 years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 10, 2024June 16, 2024
The seder plate at the Deadhead Seder at Terrapin Crossroads in 2018. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inReligion

‘Let My People Pho!,’ and other nontraditional seders across the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 10, 2024April 10, 2024
J. recipe columnist Micah Siva with her new book, "Nosh." (Photo/Courtesy Siva via Instagram)
Posted inRecipe

Brisket without meat and gefilte without fish in Micah Siva’s plant-focused ‘Nosh’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 9, 2024May 23, 2024
Amy Ettinger, shown with her husband Dan White, wrote about ice cream, mah-jongg and her mother's kugel recipe. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Dan White via X)
Posted inObituaries

Amy Ettinger, Santa Cruz writer who penned life-affirming essays on dying, succumbs to cancer at 49

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 9, 2024
Vintage Israeli stamps with illustrations of Aries, the astrological sign of the Jewish month of Nisan. (Photos/Elusive Muse via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
Posted inAstrolojew

This month, harness the powers of speech and love

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude April 8, 2024April 8, 2024

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