Photography: Nathan Bajar There’s an art and a science to making halvah, says Richard Radutzky, president of the 118-year-old candy company Joyva. Some steps in making the sesame-based ...

Enter Joyva, the century-plus halvah mainstay ... where he produced a variety of flavors and shapes of the Old World sesame-based treat. Nathan and Rae Radutzky had four boys who, despite forays ...

Before the rebrand, Joyva sales were plateauing in the face of hip startup sesame brands like Soom and Seed + Mill. Enter Benjamin Radutzky, Richard’s 30-year-old son, who joined the business in ...

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