• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

Passover

These pages from the Birds' Head Haggadah (Southern Germany, ca. 1300) show part of the lyrics of Dayeinu. (Photo/Wikimedia user Sodabottle CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inTorah

Dayeinu: The concept of ‘enough’ is especially challenging this year

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Detail from Frank Stella’s "Then came a dog and bit the cat." (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Skirball Cultural Center)
Posted inCulture

That Passover song about the goat captivated a famous artist who wasn’t Jewish

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Micah Siva's matzah borekas (Photo/Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

Matzah replaces puff pastry in these butternut squash borekas for Passover

Micah Siva by Micah Siva April 19, 2024May 23, 2024
Detail of an illustration from "The Awful Omen," A. J. Sass's contribution to the "On All Other Nights" anthology. (Illustration/Shannon Hochman)
Posted inBooks

Oakland writer A. J. Sass uses the afikomen hunt to explore a nonbinary child’s hopes and anxieties

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 17, 2024May 2, 2024
Yakov Yarmove, director of ethnic foods at Albertsons Market,
spearheaded the expansion of kosher offerings at Andronico’s in San Francisco's Inner Sunset location (seen here) and a Safeway in San Jose. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

‘We’re so happy’: Kosher options expand at major grocery stores in S.F. and San Jose

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 15, 2024May 23, 2024
Foreground: The very first mention of Manischewitz in this publication in 1905 (Screenshot/J. Archives). Background: Some years later, the brand received a very orange visual refresh (Graphic/Courtesy Manischewitz).
Posted inFrom the Archives

Man, oh Manischewitz! How newspapers like this one boosted the brand for over a century

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 12, 2024
Brisket, matzah ball soup, gefilte fish and more is available at Mollie Stone's. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inJewish Life

Your guide to Passover food in the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 11, 2024May 23, 2024
(Photo/From file)
Posted inOpinion

How to talk about the elephant in the room at this year’s seder

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 10, 2024
Wilderness Torah's signature annual event, Passover in the Desert, drew its biggest crowd yet to the Mojave Desert, April 5-10, 2023. (Photo/Julia Maryanska)
Posted inBay Area

‘We passed through that storm’: Wilderness Torah raises enough to keep going

Jew,  Jewish,  J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss April 18, 2023April 18, 2023
Attendees raise a cup of grape juice — no wine allowed — at the San Quentin State Prison seder. (Photo/Vincent O'Bannon/San Quentin News)
Posted inNorthern California

At San Quentin prison seder, the Exodus story is personal

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 7, 2023April 17, 2023

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 … 25 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life
Berkeley’s Beth Israel celebrates two decades of rabbi’s leadership
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s 2026 lineup: 65 films and an award for Rachel Bloom
5 synagogues step up to the plate in BATS — the Bay Area Torah Softball league
Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack