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Northshore October 2025
You’ll definitely find some menorah sugar cookies and dreidels, decked out in blue and white, alongside Christmas trees and stockings at The Cookie Jar Kitchen this holiday season. Owner Jennie Carens grew up with a Jewish mom and Christian dad, so her holiday traditions stretch across Hanukkah (always with a lot of latkes) and Christmas. Her tiny Newburyport shop is just a couple of blocks from Congregation Ahavas Achim in one direction, and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in the other, so she expects plenty of demand for both types of cookies during the first December in her new storefront. “I’ve already ordered loads of blue and wh
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