The category was “A Star Is Born.” The answer: “April 30, 1985 in Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel gave us this wonder of a gal.” Walnut Creek attorney Jennifer Rosenberg hit her buzzer immediately. “Who is Gal Gadot?” she pronounced, winning her first $100 on “Jeopardy!,” the long-running game show where the answers are questions, and the…
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Israel Philharmonic to stream Hans Zimmer Hanukkah event
The Israel Philharmonic Foundation is streaming a pre-Hanukkah concert event featuring music by and an interview with Hans Zimmer, one of Hollywood’s most…
Film
JFI marks 40th anniversary with 8 nights of films for Hanukkah
The Jewish Film Institute, the S.F.-based entity that wasn’t able to present its annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival this past summer due to the…
Travel
A road trip through Jewish Gold Country
There is a strip of land about a mile wide and 120 miles long in Northern California, a vein that hugs the western edge of the Sierra Nevada, stretching…
Music
All the Jewish Grammy nominees, from Haim to Michael Tilson Thomas
This year’s Grammy Awards will almost certainly be different from past years, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But despite the lack of details…
Celebrity Jews
Sarah Silverman on being typecast; Your new Jewish heartthrob; etc.
Your next crush A newcomer on the scene — and one who’s tipped to be a solid heartthrob — is Kingsley Ben-Adir, who played Zoë Kravitz’s love interest in…
Theater
DC theater maven leaves company over Palestinian content — again
Over 18 years, theater director Ari Roth built Theater J into a Jewish Washington, D.C. powerhouse that often debuted works by major writers. But six…
Off the Shelf
‘The Lost Shtetl’ and ‘The Orchard’: 2 new novels of Jewish culture shock
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. For those attuned to the Torah reading cycle, one of the striking…
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Q&A: A documentary filmmaker who loves dogs and Batkid
Filmmaker Dana Nachman has dived into some heavy topics. The documentaries she has written, directed and produced since 2008 include unflinching accounts…