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Laura Paull

Laura Paull was J.'s culture editor from 2018 to 2021.

Debórah Eliezer plays a multitude of characters in "(dis)Place[d]." (Photo/Wendy Yalom)
Posted inTheater

‘(dis)Place[d]’: One-woman show is a journey through generations of Iraqi Jews

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 28, 2022September 28, 2022
(From left) Filmmaker Tom Weidlinger films a reenactment scene from his childhood, starring  Tibor Legát as his father and Lőrinc Pap as a 5-year-old Tom. (Photo/Andor Valentiny)
Posted inFilm

‘Restless Hungarian’: Filmmaker Tom Weidlinger’s hunt for his elusive father

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 7, 2022July 25, 2022
Yael Bridge is the director of "The Big Scary 'S' Word" and forthcoming documentary on the Jews of Cuba.
Posted inTV & Film

‘The Big Scary ‘S’ Word’: Oakland filmmaker taps into zeitgeist with socialism documentary

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 25, 2022March 30, 2022
"Please Rate Your Experience" by Lisa Kokin, 2021, part of CJM's "Tikkun" exhibit
Posted inCulture

The healing arts: CJM’s ‘Tikkun’ exhibit contemplates our fractured world

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 4, 2022January 3, 2023
A panel from Bernard Zakheim's expansive WPA murals on medical history in UCSF's Toland Hall auditorium; Zakheim working on the mural in 1937. (Photos/UCSF Archives and Special Collections)
Posted inArt

Saved from destruction, UCSF’s Zakheim murals are moved to storage

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 15, 2021November 21, 2021
Ariela Ronay-Jinich
Posted inBay Area, Education, Jewish Life, News

Jewish and Latino? This Bay Area educator has a new group for you.

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 22, 2021September 28, 2021
Amy Trachtenberg on the Milpitas BART platform during the installation of her new work, “Ecstatic Voyaging.”
Posted inCulture

S.F. artist goes underground with ‘ecstatic’ BART art installation

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 1, 2021July 7, 2021
"Girls with Barbies, East Harlem" by 1970 Camilo J. Vergara. Writer Laura Paull never ventured into Harlem as a kid, until she enrolled in an ethnic studies course that drew lots of Black students. (Photo/Library of Congress-Camilo J. Vergara)
Posted inOpinion

50 years ago, a high school ethnic studies course changed my life

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 13, 2021April 14, 2021
The eight-episode series "Muna," about a 30-something Israeli Arab photographer with a Jewish boyfriend, will stream as part of the 2021 East Bay International Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

East Bay Jewish film fest: ‘See the world’ from your sofa (and meet the cast of ‘Fauda’)

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 24, 2021March 29, 2021
Jay Rosenblatt, program director at the Jewish Film Institute, discusses films with the youth jury for the 2019 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Courtesy JFI)
Posted inFilm

New JFI fellowship for teens into films and changing the world

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 18, 2021

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