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The iconic song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen — seen here with a feline friend — is the subject of a new documentary opening soon in the Bay Area. (Photo/Graeme Mitchell-Redux)
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Hot Jewish Summer: Yiddish album and ‘Hallelujah’ doc will strike a chord

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It’s shaping up to be a Hot Jewish Summer. Drake just dropped a dance album. A movie about a bar/bat mitzvah party motivator is playing in theaters around the country. […]

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‘Band’s Visit,’ Fran Lebowitz and Nissim Black will go on — omicron permitting

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Dancers rehearse choreographer Alyssa Mitchel’s “Here. Now.” outside the Exploratorium in San Francisco. (Photo/Kyle Adler)
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