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Passover

Chicken, matzah and sautéed vegetables are layered in this meal-in-one dish. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPassover

A Passover chicken dish for the rest of the holiday

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer March 26, 2026March 26, 2026

Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. There are lots of recipes out there for what to serve for the Passover seder, but how […]

Five new haggadahs for 2026. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
Posted inPassover

New haggadahs for 2026: Literalism, ambivalence and metaphor

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 25, 2026March 26, 2026
“The Seventh Plague” by John Martin, 1823
Posted inOff the Shelf

New book offers unconventional look at the 10 plagues

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 24, 2026March 25, 2026
This year, try making a Berry Pavlova with Manischewitz Compote (left) and Celery Root “Steak” with Horseradish and Parsley Chimichurri. (Micah Siva)
Posted inPassover

Celery root ‘steak’ and berry pavlova work for all types of eaters at your seder table

Micah Siva by Micah Siva March 23, 2026March 23, 2026
A 300-pound plaster sphinx head from Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 film "The Then Commandments," which was buried along with the rest of the set under the sand at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes for almost a century. (Courtesy Dunes Center)
Posted inPassover

10 things to do with your kids during Passover in the Bay Area

by J. Staff April 15, 2025April 16, 2025
SF Pride Parade
Posted inLocal Voice

The government is trying to criminalize my existence — again 

Rabbi Eliana Kayelle by Rabbi Eliana Kayelle April 15, 2025April 17, 2025
Shapiro and a police officer stand in a room with charred walls
Posted inU.S.

Man arrested after Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home is firebombed on seder night

by Julie Moos April 14, 2025April 14, 2025
In this year's Asufa Haggadah, an annual production with art by dozens of Israeli artists, multiple illustrations show seder tables with empty yellow chairs, symbols of the hostages in Gaza. (Philissa Cramer/JTA)
Posted inIsrael

For a second year, Jews mark Festival of Freedom as hostages remain in Gaza

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer April 11, 2025April 11, 2025
Stephen Miller in 2016 (Wikimedia/Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Stephen Miller’s cavalier cruelty misses the whole point of Passover

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson April 9, 2025April 9, 2025
A 19th-century Ukrainian art print of a family seder
Posted inOpinion

The Passover seder is a model for healing democracies in peril

Rabbi Meesh Hammer-Kossoy by Rabbi Meesh Hammer-Kossoy April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

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