Q&A: Meet Pamela Schuller, the comedian on ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ By The Bagels May 25, 2023 Those of you who watched “Jewish Matchmaking” on Netflix may remember Pamela Schuller from her date with Stuart, the musician from Chicago, in the final episode. But she’s famous and accomplished besides that. She’s a New York City-based comedian, disability advocate and speaker who performs worldwide. On the latest episode of The Bagel Report, we… Read More
Comedy In her new special, Sarah Silverman reminds us why we love her This story was originally published in the Forward. Early in the pandemic, Sarah Silverman tried (and largely failed) to win us back with diarrhea. When… By PJ Grisar May 25, 2023
Author! Author! New books by local authors cover music biz, gay history and more “Zieglitz’s Blessing” By Michael Goldberg (Cascade Books, 208 pages) Ricky Zieglitz is studying for his bar mitzvah when his family is rocked by tragedy —… By Andrew Esensten May 24, 2023
Theater The animated classic ‘An American Tail’ is now a musical (JTA) — Itamar Moses was 10 years old when he watched “An American Tail” at his Jewish day school in California. He was struck by the 1986 film, an… By Shira Li Bartov May 24, 2023
Music Jewish Folk Chorus returns with tribute to Oakland klezmer legend Adrienne Cooper has been called the mother of the modern revival of klezmer music and Yiddish songwriting. In the 1980s, when Yiddish was primarily spoken… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 23, 2023
Film Daveed Diggs is playing a crab — is that kosher? This story was originally published in the Forward. When the live action “Little Mermaid” breaches movie screens May 26, bloated and noisome… By PJ Grisar May 23, 2023
The Bagel Report 'Jewish Matchmaking' with comedian Pamela Schuller Jewish Matchmaking? On Netflix? Who could have predicted this a year ago? Now that The Bagels have finished bingeing the series, they got a chance to… By The Bagels May 22, 2023
Music ‘Songs of Truth’ from composers slain in Holocaust make S.F. debut They wrote jazz pieces, lullabies, operas and concertos just like other 20th-century European composers. But these artists were Jews who wrote… By Dan Pine May 22, 2023
Comics An Asian-Jewish superhero fights the Chinese mob in new comic (JTA) — An independent comic book publisher that aims to promote diversity in comics is about to spotlight a historic new character: the Asian-Jewish Leah… By Julian Voloj May 22, 2023