Bakery

Celebrated Berlin Jewish bakery closes, citing harassment since October 7

Babka & Krantz opened in 2022 and added a second location in December 2024, adjacent to the memorial at the site where the Nazis devised their “final solution” for the Jews during the Holocaust.

Babka & Krantz, a Berlin Jewish bakery, closed citing harassment as well as economic pressure, as seen in June 2026.
Mattarello’s famous scrambled egg croissant.

Everyone is standing in line: Israel’s most talked-about pastry awaits you in Binyamina

Ma’afe Ne'eman cakes and desserts, Shavuot 2026.

Say cheese: Ma’afe Ne'eman’s must-have Shavuot desserts are here

Whole Wheat Nut Bread by Chef Eran Borkin.

Two rich and indulgent bread recipes – plus a special bonus from Chef Eran Borkin


Cakes and eggs destroyed for health reasons at Haba bakery in Jerusalem

Roughly 20 kg. of cream cakes were destroyed by order of health inspectors after it was discovered that the business did not possess a valid business license.

Vanilla cream cake

Romancing the ciabatta

Few breads are especially suited to our hot, Mediterranean climate, but one country has perfected a light, summery bread – Italy – and it is called the ciabatta.

THE CIABATTA: Traditional yet revolutionary.

In the Grain: Reminiscences of a baker

As I lovingly shape another NY rye bread, perhaps the 14,017th one since I started our artisan bakery 10 years ago, I contemplate my youthful folly of 1984.

Bread

Beit El baker talks hamantashen ahead of Purim

This article was first published by The Heart of Israel and is republished with permission.

Herby Dan in his bakery

Iconic Manhattan Jewish bakery shuts its doors

Speculation that Moishe's Bake Shop could reopen running rampant among babka and strudel devotees.

The Moishe's Bake Shop location in the East Village in 2012

Showing the world the showbread

Baker Les Saidel was entranced by the Biblical showbread – the 12 loaves of unleavened bread in the Tabernacle and later in the Holy Temple.

Mystery of the Temple’s ancient breads: Les Saidel presents the final product, according to Rebi Hanina – the ‘teiva prutza’ (box without a lid).

Bimbo bread is back for kosher consumers

The company's announcement in November that it was dropping kosher certification on all their bread products created an uproar among kosher consumers.

Loaves of bread of Mexican breadmaker Grupo Bimbo are pictured at a convenience store in Monterrey, Mexico, August 6, 2018

'Pita pocket' crime: Bakery owner suspected of tax evasion by U.S, Israel

Famous bakery owner suspected of international tax evasion to the tune of NIS tens of millions.

Pita bread

Cockroaches find home among bourekas at Jerusalem bakery

A local bakery refused to throw out bourekas after a customer spotted cockroaches in the food.

Freshly-made potato bourekas on sale at a stall in Mahane Yehuda Market, Jerusalem.

Baking Class: The bread winners

Saidel’s Bakery is an authentic, healthy, Jewish bakery that makes loaves the old-fashioned way.

Saidel’s Bakery