PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — Opening a Jewish bakery with a Yiddish name in an Italian neighborhood sounds crazy, but it didn’t take long before Essen had a line of regular customers lining up for its fresh-baked challah on Fridays. Tova du Plessis opened Essen, which means “to eat,” in South… Read more »
South Philly’s hippest bakery has a Yiddish name
Tova Du Plessis opened Essen in South Philadelphia last year. (Ellen Scolnic)
