Matzah
The winners of the search for America's "best Jewish college athlete" will be announced in March 2026. (Photo at center courtesy Manischewitz; JTA illustration)
December 3, 2025, 12:25 pm
Manischewitz is taking suggestions for its next matzah-box cover athlete
The Jewish food company has opened up a search for the “best Jewish college athletes in America,” who will grace Manischewitz matzah boxes in 2026.
By Joseph Strauss
Community Day School students hold boxes of matzah delivered by Rabbi Yisroel Altein on March 25. (Photo courtesy of Community Day School)
March 27, 2025, 9:42 am
Pittsburghers rally with free kits, food and seder options for those in need
Across the area, easy ways exist to experience Passover
By Adam Reinherz
A representative piece of shmurah matzah. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
April 5, 2023, 3:56 pm
An 1859 fight over how to make matzah has lessons about the threat of AI today
Matzah is the Jewish food with the deepest origins of all — deeper than brisket, deeper than latkes, deeper even than challah.
By David Zvi Kalman
Boxes of Trader Joe's matzah for sale. (Isabella Armus)
March 23, 2023, 11:18 am
A fifth question this Passover: What makes Trader Joe’s matzah different from all other matzah?
For the first-time, the grocery chain is selling the bread of affliction under its private label.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A factory worker makes shmura matzah under supervision in Ukraine. (Courtesy of Meyer Stambler)
March 30, 2022, 4:32 pm
War in Ukraine puts a crunch on matzah prices
"I think the U.S. market will feel it. I think we are probably going to have a deficit of shmura matzah this year.”
By David I. Klein
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