Cailin Acosta

By Jacob “Matzah Man” Kamaras With global wheat prices soaring, a Passover staple that’s already strikingly overpriced in more normal times is suddenly beyond reach for the budgets of Jewish consumers around the world. The price of matzah, typically anywhere from $20 to $60 for a single pound, has soared to an international average of

By Jacob “#DontFlyFrontier” Kamaras El Al Israel Airlines has announced a trilateral merger that countless travelers in the U.S. and Israel are describing as a “transaction from hell,” joining forces with the low-budget American carriers Frontier and Spirit. Surrendering to the harsh financial realities in the airline industry on both sides of the Atlantic —

By Ken “Megillah Writer” Stone San Diego Jewish World (SDJW) owner Jacob Kamaras today announced his sale of the website to the San Diego Union-Tribune for $2, doubling his initial investment in the media property. The Union-Tribune said in a statement, “Why not? What can we lose? If Jews constitute approximately 2% of the U.S.

By Lizzie “Challah Billz Correspondent” Rubin Supply chain issues have affected products we rely on daily: furniture, cars, cream cheese. Now, hamantaschen have become the newest victim. Many beloved flavors of hamantaschen, including raspberry, apricot, and cherry, are slashed and not expected to make an appearance on grocery shelves this Purim. The only flavor that

By Jacob “Jewish Leprechaun” Kamaras With the Purim and St. Patrick’s Day holidays overlapping this year, bars in San Diego’s lively downtown Gaslamp Quarter experienced a notable uptick in business on Thursday. The Purim-St. Patrick’s Day convergence marked arguably the most significant holiday mashup since “Thanksgivukkah.” (On November 28, 2013, for the first time in

By Lizzie “Challah Billz Correspondent” Rubin Due to inflation, your checks made out to the Bar Mitzvah boy and your favorite Jewish charities are no longer acceptable in amounts of 18, the beloved number that symbolizes “life.” They must be made out in multiples of 22.5. Inflation is a common and often accepted flaw of