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Samantha Ramey in front of her family's second restaurant, Americana in Santa Rosa. (Photo/Kelsey Joy Murphey)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Roadside café in itty-bitty town draws big, hungry crowds

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 9, 2022May 10, 2022

Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it hamlet of Valley Ford in Sonoma County might not appear to be a very Jewish place. […]

Bayer singing and playing mandolin
Posted inColumns, Jew in the Pew, Jewish Life

‘Americana Jam Band’ service turns Shabbat into sing-along

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 1, 2017February 4, 2017
Saul Kaye sitting a stoop with a steel guitar
Posted inCulture, Music, Jewish Life

Jewish Americana music gets its moment in the spotlight

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman January 17, 2017January 18, 2017

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