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Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of Alios Itzhak, a young Jewish Israeli man of Ethiopian descent. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy The Jewish Museum)
Posted inCulture

Kehinde Wiley, who has a new show at the de Young, drew upon a 19th-century mizrah in portrait of Ethiopian Jew

by Cathryn J. Prince and Forward March 17, 2023March 17, 2023
Rabbi Gordon Freeman wearing the tallit his daughters gave him, which has the names of all his grandchildren on it. He is standing by a painting from The Sh'ma Project, which he and two friends put together.
Posted inJewish Life

Why this local rabbi is embracing his 80s with a second bar mitzvah

by Liz Harris February 15, 2023
Susan Duhan Felix in the first episode of “Art Beat,” a series Felix hosted on Berkeley public television. (Screenshot/Berkeley Community Media)
Posted inNews

Ceramicist, ‘welcomer’ and klezmer ‘impresario’ Susan Felix dies at 85

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 8, 2023January 15, 2024
Artist aleXsandro Palombo painted several images of characters from "The Simpsons" on the outside of Milan's central train station. (Photo/Courtesy Palombo)
Posted inWorld

Pop artist paints ‘Simpsons’ characters as Holocaust victims outside Milan Holocaust memorial

by David I. Klein and JTA January 30, 2023
"Angels of Mercy Embrace the Dead" by Karen Benioff Friedman
Posted inArt

Where Jewish lives end, this East Bay artist’s work begins

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 23, 2023February 1, 2023
A mural honoring women of the Iranian protest movement in the Talpio neighborhood of Jerusalem.
Posted inCulture

Iranian protest mural in Jerusalem has ties to Bay Area radio star

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 18, 2023
"Two Work Tools," 2005 by Rina Kimche (Photo/Courtesy BAMPFA)
Posted inCulture

Archaeology-inspired Israeli ceramicist Rina Kimche gets first U.S. solo show in Berkeley

by Dan Pine January 11, 2023January 11, 2023
(Photo illustration/Hey Alma-Avital Dayanim)
Posted inJewish Life

The weirdest Hanukkah gifts of 2022

by Evelyn Frick and Hey Alma December 9, 2022December 9, 2022
Sarit Khen's glass Golden Gate Bridge menorah
Posted inReligion

Business burning bright for these Bay Area menorah makers

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 6, 2022December 7, 2022
Detail from "You Don’t Get to Know" by Terri Friedman, 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Friedman)
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At CJM, a dense (and very pink) tapestry of joy and pain

by Merissa Nathan Gerson December 5, 2022January 3, 2023

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