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Left to right: Yarden Crane, Michael Tejeda and Aviva Feder. (Courtesy Contra Costa Midrasha)
Posted inPodcasts

Young and old discuss conversion in ‘Bina’ podcast’s latest episode

by Bina Podcast from Contra Costa Midrasha June 18, 2026June 18, 2026

The “Bina: A Better Together Podcast,” created by the students and staff of Contra Costa Midrasha and sponsored by J., brings together Jewish teens and elders to ask questions, share […]

Emily Blunt in "Disclosure Day." (Courtesy of Universal Pictures)
Posted inFilm

In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Spielberg is at odds with Jewish thought about aliens

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar June 18, 2026June 18, 2026
Greg Berguig hits a two-run homer as the Brandeis/Sherith Israel Lionhearts play the Kol Shofar Maccabees during a softball game at the Tamalpais High School softball field in Mill Valley, June 14, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inSports

5 synagogues step up to the plate in BATS — the Bay Area Torah Softball league

Aaron Levy-Wolins by Aaron Levy-Wolins June 17, 2026June 17, 2026
A still from "Tell Me Everything," the opening night film of the 2026 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Courtesy SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s 2026 lineup: 65 films and an award for Rachel Bloom

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 17, 2026June 18, 2026
The raucous world of "Yes" is unsparing in its satire of a country partying near the abyss. (Courtesy of Kino Lorber)
Posted inOpinion

Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity

A.J. Goldmann by A.J. Goldmann June 17, 2026June 17, 2026
From the cover of “Day of Delight: A Jewish Sabbath in Ethiopia” by Maxine Rose Shur, illustrated by Brian Pinkney (Kalaniot Books)
Posted inBooks

Local authors examine family legacies, Ethiopian Jews and Holocaust trauma

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight June 16, 2026June 17, 2026
Images of Albert Einstein and Emma Goldman are featured in "Ask Jewish Lives," an AI bot that bases its conversations on the "Jewish L:ives" series of biographies. (Dov Abramson Studio)
Posted inOpinion

Want to ask Einstein about Zionism? A new AI tool lets users chat with Jewish history

by Andrew Silow-Carroll June 16, 2026June 17, 2026
Jane Yolen and book
Posted inObituaries

Jane Yolen, children’s book author whose ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ became a Holocaust classic, dies at 87

by Penny Schwartz June 15, 2026June 15, 2026
The Empire State Building, JPMorgan Chase Building, and One Vanderbilt in New York City are illuminated in the colors of the New York Knicks during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 13, 2026, as seen from Bayonne, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Posted inSports

The Knicks won on 6/13. Some Jewish fans think that’s more than a coincidence.

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer June 15, 2026June 15, 2026
Irvin Ungar is the author of "Reviving the Artist who Fought Hitler: My Life with Arthur Szyk." (Courtesy University of Texas Press)
Posted inBooks

The rabbi and antiquarian who made artist Arthur Szyk famous again

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 12, 2026June 12, 2026

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