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Laura Paull

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

The Castro Theatre, traditional epicenter of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Courtesy JFI-Barak Shrama)
Posted inTV & Film

40th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival postponed

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 16, 2020April 16, 2020
Yoav Potash (second from right) directs a reenactment scene for his forthcoming documentary "Diary from the Ashes." (CIRRUS WOOD)
Posted inTV & Film

Prestigious NEH grant for local film on teen’s Holocaust diary

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 14, 2020April 14, 2020
Dr. Michelle Roland (left) with patients at the Maipelo Free Clinic in Gaborone, Botswana, in 2019. (RICHARD MILES)
Posted inHealth

Doctor uses traumatic lessons from AIDS pandemic to fight coronavirus

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 7, 2020April 8, 2020
San Francisco Yiddish Combo members (from left) Alex Farrell, Rebecca Roudman, Jason Eckl, Laura Benson and Josh Mellinger. (JASON ECKL)
Posted inPassover

Yiddish Combo will stream one-song mini-concerts every night during Passover

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 2, 2020April 2, 2020
San Franciscan Mica Jamel-Schneider greets some baseball-loving Cuban peers in a still from "Havana Curveball."
Posted inFilm

Have your own private film festival with Jewish Film Institute’s ‘Cinegogue Sessions’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 28, 2020March 30, 2020
Screenshot of the Contemporary Jewish Museum's virtual tour of its exhibit “Levi Strauss: A History of American Style.”
Posted inArt & About

Art, concerts and museums during a pandemic: What is ‘local’?

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 27, 2020March 30, 2020
Sam Cohen’s violin (COURTESY MARSHA COHEN)
Posted inCulture

Holocaust-era fiddle, via S.F., joins Violins of Hope

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 19, 2020
Lori Starr will step down as executive director of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco at the end of the year. (GARY SEXTON PHOTOGRAPHY)
Posted inCulture

Lori Starr to step down as CJM head: ‘Change is healthy’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 12, 2020March 12, 2020
The extended Trachtenberg family, plus friends, at the entry to Allen’s Garden during a work party day, a few years ago. Front and center, in white blouse, is Mitzi Trachtenberg, widow of Allen. She died Feb. 8, 2020. (Courtesy Julie Trachtenberg)
Posted inEducation

A learning garden grows in Richmond, in memory of ‘Grandpa Allen’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 28, 2020March 5, 2020
“Flawless” star Stav Strashko is the first transgender actress nominated for the Ophir Awards (aka Israeli Oscars).
Posted inTV & Film

Sonoma Israeli film fest kicks off with ‘Flawless,’ acclaimed teen drama starring trans actress Stav Strashko

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 25, 2020

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