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Lia Barrow of HaMotzi Gluten Free baking in a commercial kitchen.
Posted inSmall Bites

How many gluten-free challah operations is there room for in the East Bay? At least two.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 16, 2020December 16, 2020
Avi Rose is stepping down after 15 years as executive director of Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay.
Posted inNews

Avi Rose retiring after years of passion for JFCS East Bay

by Sue Fishkoff December 14, 2020December 15, 2020
The menorah in front of Alameda City Hall was found smashed on the first day of Hanukkah, Dec. 11, 2020.
Posted inHolidays

Alameda City Hall menorah found in pieces on first day of Hanukkah

by Dan Pine December 11, 2020
Sadie's Babka in chocolate and cinnamon. (Photo/Courtesy Sara Eisen)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Sadie’s Babka arrives on the scene with a sweet family story

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
Bad Walter’s “rolling in gelt” (chocolate) and sufganiyot (doughnut) ice cream flavors. (Photo/Courtesy Bad Walter’s)
Posted inColumns

Get your gelt on with Bad Walter’s Hanukkah ice cream flavors

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 9, 2020December 10, 2020
Game designer Max Fefer based Hanukkah Goblins on Eric Kimmel’s classic children’s book, "Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins." (Art/Kali Hayes, KH Illustration)
Posted inHolidays

Take on the Hanukkah goblins in Oakland designer’s new tabletop game

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 8, 2020December 9, 2020
A kid hoping for a puppy as a present in Daveed Diggs' new Hanukkah song. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inMusic

WATCH: Daveed Diggs’ new ‘Puppy for Hanukkah’ song

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
Youth Spirit's Tiny House Village in Oakland will begin housing homeless youth in January 2021. (Photo/Daniel Arauz)
Posted inUncategorized

Tiny colorful houses for homeless Oakland youth almost ready

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
Liam Lindenbaum's "Mandalorian: The Child in Vegetables" was a hit in the South Peninsula Hebrew Day School's charcuterie competition.
Posted inSmall Bites

Vegetable ‘Baby Yoda’ among kids’ food contest winners; fighting food insecurity with community fridges

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
Rabbi Yosef Langer of Chabad of S.F. lights the Bill Graham menorah in Union Square in 2014. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inJewish Life

Safe menorah lightings to brighten Hanukkah around the Bay

Rebecca Landau by Rebecca Landau December 2, 2020July 9, 2021

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