Tag: bay area
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Food & Kashrus
Kosher pizza popup restaurant in Berkeley
Most Orthodox Jews take kosher food for granted, typically an area with hundreds of thousands of Jews will have at least a few kosher…
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Jewish Life
Did you hear about the young couple moving in?
Friends of ours came to visit for Shavuos and immediately after and during the yuntiff people asked me all sorts of questions to see…
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Food & Kashrus
Shalosh Seuda doesn’t have to suck
The shaloshudos (the third meal, aka seudat shlishit for the Hebrew inclined) of my youth was finely a pretty gross affair, ice cream scoops…
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Food & Kashrus
I heard you found kosher cheese at…
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw large bags of kosher and cholov yisroel cheese at Smart and Final last week, I myself…
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Shul Life
I found some yeshivish people in the Bay Area
Upon finishing shemona esrei I saw something that I haven't seen in a long time. There was a fellow with his hat pushed back…
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Shul Life
Does your community have a breakaway shul?
San Francisco may be a black hole of Orthodox Judaism, but the lackluster numbers of shomer shabbos and shomer kashrus Jews have never stopped…
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Yeshivish
There aren’t enough frummies in the Bay Area
I miss those families that have erev shabbos kugel, I find this kind of weird because I've never really missed frummies before, but I…
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Jewish Life
How to Spot FFB’s
In the Bay Area I am constantly the only FFB (frum from birth) person at meals and other Jewish events I go to. So…
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Shul Life
Mechitza guide of the Bay Area
One of these days I will have to do an all out guide to the Jewish situation in the Bay Area, for now you…
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Shul Life
The Man’s Cup – One of the strangest shul fundraisers
So I'm sitting in Oakland at some mighty cool folks for lunch this past shabbos and they start talking about this shul fund-raising event…
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Food & Kashrus
The cholent sucks here
When I first moved out here I didn't mind the green kiddush much, some chips and salsa, veggie sticks, guacamole and several varieties of…
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Food & Kashrus
Shabbos meals that last too long piss me off
One of the ills affecting the Jewish community of the Bay Area is lengthy meals. I am sure this exists elsewhere, but never have…
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Jewish Life
The little Jewish community that could
I can’t believe everyone’s so young, it seems like the last time I was here everyone was much older, had that many members died…
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Jewish Life
I’m actually looking forward to coming to NY next week
I admit it, I kind of miss New York and the east coast - I miss my peeps, I miss some of the more…