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In South Bay, Israeli chef builds pastry business around tastes of home

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A year ago, Orit Hendler Leib was getting ready to open for business in the café at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. Then … well, then March happened.

The Jewish News of Northern California

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These local restaurants are churning out Hanukkah favorites so you don’t have to

Déjà Vu Bakery & Catering, a kosher bakery operating out of the Palo Alto JCC (which we were all set to write about before the shutdown), is offering sufganiyot and other baked goods.

The Jewish News of Northern California

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Not Just Any Jelly Doughnut

When Israeli transplant Orit Hendler Leib, the founder of Deja Vu catering in Sunnyvale, was launching her first Hanukkah menu in 2018, she quickly realized that customers wanted more variety than classics.

San Francisco Chronicle

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Festival of chametz

This year, Leib, who moved to the Bay Area five years ago from Israel, is bringing the tradition to the South Bay. Her Chametz-fest.

The Mercury News