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Square Pie Guys' Detroit-style pizza (Photo/Courtesy Carolyn Insley)
Posted inSmall Bites

Square Pie Guys bringing funny-shaped pizza to Oakland; new bagel operations expand; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 20, 2021January 20, 2021
Roger Grunwald as Shmuel, an Auschwitz survivor, in "The Mitzvah."
Posted inTheater

One-man play goes online to deliver Holocaust lessons to new generation

by Dan Pine January 19, 2021January 20, 2021
Chef Michael Solomonov interviews people about their traditional foods in the 2017 documentary  “In Search of Israeli Cuisine.”  (Photo/Menemsha Films)
Posted inTV & Film

East Bay Jewish film fest serves up food films and chef talks to sate your cravings

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 14, 2021
A socially distanced classroom. (Photo/From file)
Posted inLocal Voice

The irrelevance of day school Jewish studies, and how to fix the problem

Micha Levin by Micha Levin January 13, 2021January 13, 2021
Trump supporters near the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. Some stormed the building, breaking windows and clashing with police. (Photo/JTA-Shay Horse-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Being a Black Jewish woman in America on Jan. 6

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo January 12, 2021January 13, 2021
“It’s comforting not to feel like a Martian. Living in California felt like living on a different planet,” says Wendy Feldman, seen here with her husband, Lance. The couple moved to Idaho in August. (Photo/Mary Slater Hicks)
Posted inNews

Why some right-leaning Jews are leaving California for redder pastures

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 8, 2021January 12, 2021
Storefront
Posted inNews

From retail shop to Jewish center: East Bay Chabad spruces up new digs

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 6, 2021
Sonoma County Sheriff personnel on Jan. 4 near Blind Beach, where Michael Wyman drowned trying to save his two children. (Photo/Twitter-San Mateo County Sheriff's Office)
Posted inNews

Jewish father drowns on Sonoma coast trying to save two young children, who remain missing

by Dan Pine January 5, 2021January 7, 2021
Smoke meat from Augie's Montreal Deli (left) and Lex Gopnik-Lewinski at the new location of Augie's.
Posted inSmall Bites

Augie’s smoke meat on the move; Saul’s bagels get ‘best of’ nod; Chocolate Heaven goes online-only; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 5, 2021June 4, 2021
Robin Mencher is the new executive director of Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay.
Posted inNews

New JFCS East Bay head ready for the challenge, with an eye on equity

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

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