Alix Wallis a freelance writer in Oakland, Calif. where she specializes in Jews, love and food.
Alix Wall
By Alix Wall
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News When the Torah cycle ended, their Russian-American romance began
Alex Zeldin and Tamar Caplan were married Aug. 21, 2022, on Long Island
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News Their wilderness-inspired Jewish wedding featured an animal-skin ketubah and ‘first fruits’ altar
Adi Aboody and Ophir Haberer, who began dating last September, married in Sebastopol, California.
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Fast Forward Two rabbis, from two different denominations, get a second chance at love
Neither Rabbi Amy Wallk nor Rabbi Mark Cohn were looking for love when they first met in 2017
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Food An Italian Jewish cookbook in time for Passover
To some, orecchiette is just a pasta shape. To Benedetta Jasmine Guetta, it’s infuriating. “The history of orecchiette literally enrages me,” she said of the pasta whose name translates as “little ears.” Italians tell her the pasta shape comes from the Puglia region, unaware that it originated with the Jews who settled there from the…
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Fast Forward A destination b’nai mitzvah industry is taking shape on Maui, as this teen learned after COVID scrambled her original plans
(JTA) — Feeling the sand between her toes was Teva Goldstein’s favorite part of her December 2021 bat mitzvah on the island of Maui. She and her family all wore white, accessorized with purple leis. The beach in Hawaii was nearly 4,000 miles from her home in Dallas, another thousand miles from where she had…
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Food For National Bagel Day, finally, the ultimate bagel book
On the momentous occasion that is National Bagel Day — Feb. 9 — comes news about a forthcoming book that will help you properly celebrate. “Bagels, Schmears and a Nice Piece of Fish: A Whole Brunch of Recipes to Make at Home” (Chronicle Books) by Cathy Barrow addresses all things bagel: How to get the…
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Yiddish World Favorite heirlooms: My grandfather’s stuffed raccoon
This story is part of the Forverts series, “Our Favorite Heirlooms.” This stuffed raccoon belonged to my grandfather, Abraham Melezin, known to his close friends and family as Abrasha; I called him Papa. Here’s the story: A Holocaust survivor, Papa was born in Odessa and received a PhD in geography from Stefan Batory University in…
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Fast Forward Their wedding guests helped craft their chuppah and ketubah – a creative COVID union they’ll never forget
(JTA) — Julie Plaut Warwick and Ben Schreiber faced the same dilemma as many other couples planning a wedding during the pandemic: How to create a feeling of togetherness when guests may not feel safe attending? “We wanted to be surrounded by our family and friends and have their blessings, as we had no idea…
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