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Schragel’s and Mendel’s are only two of a number of bagel options in Hong Kong today. (Photo/JTA-Jordyn Haime)
Posted inWorld

In Hong Kong, dreams for a new Jewish deli devolve into a war between owners

by Jordyn Haime and JTA June 21, 2022

When Rebecca Schrage arrived in Hong Kong from her home near Boston to work in finance around 2014, “there were no bagels. The best you could buy was like bread […]

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar attend a ceremony marking the handover of items in the Schneerson library to a Chabad-run museum in Moscow, June 13, 2013. (Photo/JTA-Yuri Kadobnov-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Chabad vs. Russia; Swastika vs. hakenkreuz; Forgotten bakeries; etc.

by J. Readers June 7, 2022
From a 1997 issue of the Jewish Bulletin, this publication's previous name.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Bay Area delis and Jewish markets of yore — gone but not forgotten

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 23, 2022May 24, 2022
Professor Rachel Gross of San Francisco State University's new book is "Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice." (Photo/Gary Sexton)
Posted inReligion

In ‘Beyond the Synagogue,’ Jews find religion in delis and museums

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 28, 2021March 12, 2021
Jeff Zients speaks at a news briefing in Washington, Feb. 2, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Alex Wong-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Biden’s new Covid adviser co-owns a popular DC ‘Jew-ish’ deli and bagel shop

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 4, 2020
A family-size chicken shawarma meal from Lev, a new Middle Eastern food project from the guys behind Wise Sons. (Photo/Courtesy Wise Sons)
Posted inSmall Bites

Wise Sons goes Middle Eastern; Saul’s Deli owners give it another go; ‘Yiddishe’ happy hour

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 2, 2020June 8, 2020
Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen co-founder Evan Bloom at Wise Sons' bagel shop in the Marin Country Mart in Larkspur. (Photo/Maren Caruso)
Posted inJewish Life

Local culinary experts join ‘Great Big Jewish Food Fest’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
Latke Tent event at Saul's Deli in Berkeley, 2016 (Photo/File)
Posted inColumns

Delicatessens, family and days gone by

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz August 28, 2018August 29, 2018
Solmon's Deli bagel board: everything bagel, lox, capers, tomato, pickles and more
Posted inJewish Life

Solomon’s Deli opens in the beet-ing heart of Davis

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 10, 2018July 11, 2018
Part of the Blossom Catering menu for The Kitchen's 2018 Shavuot Banquet (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inColumns

A Shavuot banquet that went beyond blintzes; Solomon’s Deli in soft opening

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 31, 2018May 31, 2018

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