For now, most of the information you're looking for is on the Spiritual Organizations page.
The Jewish organizations in Davis include:
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Alpha Epsilon Pi - Jewish fraternity
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Chabad of Davis - local Orthodox center
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Congregation Bet Haverim - local synagogue
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Hillel House - campus Jewish organization
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Kibbutz Haverim - Jewish co-op
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi - Jewish sorority
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UC Davis Jewish Student Union - Jewish social organization
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The California Jewish Review (Previously: The Jewish Quarterly)
More religious Jews stick to a series of strict dietary laws. These Kosher laws include: not mixing dairy and meat (e.g. no cheeseburgers), only eating land animals that chew their cud and have cloven hooves (e.g. no pork), not eating scavengers (e.g. no vultures), only eating meat that has been washed in a salt bath and has had all traces of blood removed, and only eating sea creatures with both fins and scales (e.g. no shellfish or bottom feeders). Limited supplies of Kosher foods can be bought at Davis Supermarkets, but people with cars can benefit from the larger selection at Bob's Butcher Block & Kosher Deli in Sacramento. Foods that are kosher can often be identified by a symbol on the packaging usually consisting of a U inside an O "OU" or a K in a triangle or star.
If you're preparing a traditional Ashkenazi (Eastern European) meal, but don't care about Kosher laws, here are a few shopping tips:
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Albertsons typically has the best prices for ingredients. For example, Brisket is $1.99/lb at Albertsons and upwards of $4.99/lb at Nugget! Their Kosher items (e.g. Matzoh and Kedem grape juice) are also usually the cheapest in town.
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The Davis Food Co-op sells chicken fat for $.39/lb. It's easy to render into shmaltz, tasty, has no trans-fat, and 1/2 the saturated fat and 1/3 the cholesterol of butter!
A popular baked good historically associated with Jewish cuisine is the bagel.
