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Mica Talmor in front of the Piedmont Ave. location of her forthcoming venture, Pomella (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Pomella restaurant opens in Oakland in the middle of pandemic

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 31, 2020April 22, 2025
A Jewish Family and Children's Services client receiving groceries from JFCS volunteers. (COURTESY JFCS)
Posted inNews

JFCS ramps up its services to meet daunting coronavirus challenges

by Dan Pine March 31, 2020
Drew Himmelstein's kids Harvey (left) and Nate occupied by author-artist Mo Willems. (DREW HIMMELSTEIN)
Posted inParenting

Staying at home with two young boys, live streamed drawing time is my savior

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
Zion80's 2014 performance at the Ashkenaz Festival is on YouTube in full, just one of endless Jewish concerts you can stream online. (FILE PHOTO)
Posted inCulture, Music

Bring the music to you with these 8 Jewish concerts on YouTube

by Andrew Muchin March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
Debbie Shahvar in the kitchen at Buttercup Diner. (FILE PHOTO)
Posted inJewish Life

‘A complete disaster’: Jewish food businesses crushed by coronavirus

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
Jaimie Baxter, co-executive director of HaMaqom | The Place
Posted inEducation

From Israeli politics to Moroccan Passover, online classes spring forth from HaMaqom

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
Empty entrance to the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, which closed its facility in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo/Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inBay Area

JCCs close, hundreds furloughed as Bay Area Jewish orgs feel weight of coronavirus

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 30, 2020March 31, 2020
Moses (played by Charlton Heston) during the first Passover night in Cecile B. DeMille's 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
Posted inOpinion

Why this year’s seder will be similar to the very first seder

Nily Shiryon by Nily Shiryon March 30, 2020March 30, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his residence in Jerusalem, Feb. 28, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Gali Tibbon-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Netanyahu, now in self-quarantine, limits gatherings to 2 people

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA March 30, 2020
Doreen Alper (center, in the matzah apron) sometimes has 60 or more people at her seders, such as this one in 2015. This year, she's facing the prospect of a much smaller gathering. (EDWARD LECHTZIN)
Posted inReligion

How Bay Area Jews are planning to have meaningful seders with everyone stuck at home

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 30, 2020March 30, 2020

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