Award Winners

Alix won first prize in feature reporting from the San Francisco Press Club in 2016 for her Berkeleyside article about Rubicon Bakers, whose workforce is primarily made up of those in need of a second chance.

Alix won a first prize in personality profiles in the American Jewish Press Association's Simon Rockower Awards in 2016 for this feature: "Daniel Boyarin: Talmudist, feminist, anti-Zionist, only-in-Berkeley Orthodox Jew."

In 2013, Alix won another first prize in personality profiles in the AJPA's Rockower awards, this time for a feature about a Jewish man freshly out of prison after serving 22 years for murder.

Alix won a first prize in reporting on women in the AJPA's Rockower Awards in 2019 for this feature, but the real prize was Neshama's reaction, who told her it was the best article to ever be written about her. 

A couple who co-founded a non-profit that's saving thousands of lives, sometimes had a harder time tending to their marriage. They renewed their vows 20 years later. 

This couple never wanted to get married, until they did. So they also held an "absurdist ceremony to counter heteronormative patriarchy" to make peace with their decision.  

Irene had no idea when she met and fell in love with Hal, that he was an addict. 25 years of sobriety after they dated, she got the apology she always wanted, and love, too. 

“My parents...would have loved nothing better than to know I was finally getting married, and that they were hosting a rehearsal dinner right after getting buried."

Anthony was pleasantly surprised when he showed up to meet Mike on their blind date and saw a cute rabbi rather than the crypt-keeper. 

Mike had no idea what his type was, but a friend offered an introduction to Alicia. Another friend offered to set Alicia up with Mike. 

The 80th birthday party I threw my dad turned out to be more meaningful and better suited for him than the original one that was planned.

Bruce Feldstein has an unusual background for a hospital chaplain; he was an emergency physician, until an injury changed everything.

Meet Matthue Roth, the Orthodox slam poet (who has gone on to write novels and other stuff), at the very beginning of his career.

Neshama and Nechama. Nechama Langer is carving her own path, pushing the boundaries of tradition and making it her own.

In the early days of the pandemic, some couples whose weddings were upended quickly came up with plan B.