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

Journalist Dave Pell (second from right) with his late father Joseph Pell (center) and their family. 
Posted inNews

Families of Holocaust survivors see historical parallels in the news

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 25, 2021January 26, 2021
Chef Michael Solomonov interviews people about their traditional foods in the 2017 documentary  “In Search of Israeli Cuisine.”  (Photo/Menemsha Films)
Posted inTV & Film

East Bay Jewish film fest serves up food films and chef talks to sate your cravings

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 14, 2021
"Hide and Seek" by Oded Balilty, part of the "Spaces in Turmoil" exhibit. (Photo/Courtesy of the artist and Zemack Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv)
Posted inCulture

Rare chance to ‘tour’ two art exhibits in Haifa, SF’s sister city

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 11, 2021
Still from “Shared Legacies:The African American-Jewish Civil Rights Alliance” (Photo/Menemsha Films)
Posted inCulture

Film-speaker series to spotlight shared Black-Jewish values

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 29, 2020January 5, 2021
Ira Glasser in the film poster for "Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story." (Photo/Courtesy Nico Perrino-theFIRE.org)
Posted inTV & Film

ACLU free-speech icon Ira Glasser profiled in new film

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 23, 2020December 23, 2020
"Projecting Light in a Time of Darkness," a video art installation at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, will be visible every night of Hanukkah. (Photos/Heidi Sanders)
Posted inCulture

Historical light show illuminates Emanu-El for Hanukkah week

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 15, 2020December 16, 2020
a black and white picture of a man and a woman sitting on a bench. she is holding flowers which have been artificially colored bright purple
Posted inBooks

A harrowing tale of survival wrapped around a love story 

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 15, 2020December 16, 2020
Studio space at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Photo/Gary Sexton Photography)
Posted inCulture

Contemporary Jewish Museum offering studio space to struggling Bay Area artists

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 3, 2020December 4, 2020
Canadian actor and comic Howie Mandel in the new documentary “Howie Mandel: But, Enough About Me.” (Photo/Courtesy JFI)
Posted inCulture

Jewish Film Institute marks 40th anniversary with 8 nights of films for Hanukkah

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 27, 2020November 30, 2020
The marquee at the West Wind Capitol Drive-In in San Jose the night of the Jewish Study Network fundraiser, Nov. 15, 2020. (Photo/Deborah Melnick Hadjes)
Posted inEducation

Jewish Study Network goes to the drive-in for pandemic-safe fundraiser

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 18, 2020November 23, 2020

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