1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (512+ words) Passover events don't end with the seders on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Community seders continue over the next week, along with other kid-friendly fun and adult-oriented activities " some even past the official end of the holiday. Chag Pesach Sameach! Friday…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (441+ words) So much happens in our community every day that it can be hard to sift through all of the events. We're highlighting a few here, in every corner of the Jewish Bay Area, to get you started. You can find…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1026+ words) Allen King loves to dance. The Bay Area native has been leading Israeli folk dancing across the region for decades, and, at 73, has no plans to stop." Both as a performer and as a teacher, King estimates that he has…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (265+ words) How did you or your family come to call the Bay Area home?" Perhaps you come from a multi-generation San Francisco family. Maybe you showed up in the East Bay or North Bay for the Summer of Love and never…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (736+ words) A new artificial intelligence platform is transforming access to one of the largest and most important collections documenting Jewish life in Iraq." The Voices from the Archive project at judeoiraq.org uses AI to translate, categorize and make searchable the…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (937+ words) I'm obsessed with cabbage," Bay Area chef Aliza Grayevsky Somekh said at a recent cooking workshop. She isn't the only one who's obsessed. The New York Times pronounced the cruciferous staple the current hip darling of restaurant menus in 2024. The…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (511+ words) There are lots of recipes out there for what to serve for the Passover seder, but how about for the rest of the holiday? That's when this Chicken Baked on Matzah really shines. First, it's a meal-in-one, with chicken and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (457+ words) The JCC of San Francisco celebrated the opening of its newly renovated Kanbar Hall with a March 19 appearance by comedian Sarah Silverman, filling every one of the 438 plush seats and even drawing the mayor, who gave a little speech. Mayor…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (668+ words) One of the consistent challenges at Passover is bringing new perspectives to the texts and rituals that can too easily become rote. With the festival approaching, Steven Weitzman's new book, "Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (772+ words) Chef Ari Weiswasser's most formative food memory took place in Israel when he was 16, on a teen tour. Which city? He doesn't remember. All he recalls is feeling hungry, and when he saw a street cart selling shawarma, he bought…...