Welcome to America’s only Palestinian museum By Cathryn J. Prince, Forward May 10, 2022 About 80 miles from New York City’s renowned Museum Mile stands a nondescript office building; its beige façade conceals the burst of color waiting just inside the double glass doors, which serves as the entrance to the Palestine Museum US. Several canvases of women painted in bright pinks, blues, yellows and greens hang on the… Read More
Comics Cartoonist Liana Finck on rewriting Genesis, with God as a woman In Liana Finck’s Book of Genesis, Lilith is the Serpent, Joseph wears a merman tail and God is a woman. The New Yorker cartoonist’s latest graphic novel,… By PJ Grisar, Forward Apr 11, 2022
Film Sonoma Israeli Film Festival spotlights healing power of art One of the enduring human mysteries is where art comes from. There are as many answers as there are artists, which helps explain the fascination with… By Michael Fox Apr 8, 2022
Art Artist ‘Maimonides Nutz’ spins Talmud into social media gold Sophia Zohar has a way of doing Jewish that’s all her own. Take how she designed her bestselling “goth chai” T-shirt. In 2018 she was working for a… By Maya Mirsky Apr 7, 2022
Philanthropy Magnes receives $1 million gift for Vishniac archive project The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley has received a $1 million gift from a donor who has chosen to remain anonymous, the museum… By Andrew Esensten Mar 23, 2022
Comics 'Where's My Timbrel?' Our new comic strip draws on artist's Jewish life Comics are Rebecca Schuchat’s preferred mode of self-expression. Yet the Oakland-born cartoonist, whose new comic strip, “Where’s My… By Emma Goss Mar 10, 2022
Film NAACP Image Award for Abby Ginzberg's Barbara Lee documentary Berkeley filmmaker Abby Ginzberg won an NAACP Image Award on Feb. 26 for “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power,” a documentary about the East Bay… By J. Staff Mar 8, 2022
Art Artistic mother and daughter pass pandemic days creating mini-murals At the start of the pandemic lockdown in March 2020, Amy and Brenda Kassiola were looking for activities to keep themselves occupied at home in San… By Lezak Shallat Feb 17, 2022
Profile A jeweler’s winding path back to Judaism, and the family business Though he grew up in an Orthodox home, after decades of living a secular life, Andrew Litwin revisited Judaism and dove into it. The 63-year-old San… By Liz Harris Feb 10, 2022