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The three Torahs in the center are decked out in the covers Congregation Sinai commissioned from artist April Berger.
Posted inCulture

San Francisco artist April Berger leans into Judaica with Torah covers project

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 6, 2022June 8, 2022
This 1994 photo, "Kindred Spirits," took on a life of its own in the years after Chloe Sherman took it. (Photo/Chloe Sherman)
Posted inPhotography

Iconic Jewish lesbian image in new exhibit of ’90s San Francisco photos

by Heather Cassell June 3, 2022June 13, 2022
The youngest of 11 children, Faisal Saleh, founder of the Palestine Museum US, was born in 1951 in the West Bank town of El Bireh.
Posted inUncategorized

In America’s only Palestinian museum, a chance to explore common ground (and mostly avoid politics)

by Cathryn J. Prince and Forward May 10, 2022
From “Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation” by Liana Finck
Posted inComics

Cartoonist Liana Finck on rewriting Genesis, God as a woman and why Abraham feels like a Philip Roth character

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward April 11, 2022
"Black Flowers" introduces audiences to five Israeli artists who were children during the Holocaust. (Photo/Courtesy Tammy Federman)
Posted inCulture

Sonoma Israeli Film Festival spotlights healing power of art

by Michael Fox April 8, 2022April 8, 2022
Sophia Zohar AKA Maimonides Nutz wearing some of her own line of apparel. (Photo/Ryan Boyd)
Posted inFashion

Artist ‘Maimonides Nutz’ spins Talmud into social media gold

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 7, 2022April 12, 2022
Roman Vishniac holding the cover image of his book, "A Vanished World," New York, 1982. (Photo/The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Magnes receives $1 million gift for Vishniac archive project

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Rebecca Schuchat is the artist behind our new comic strip, "Where's My Timbrel?"
Posted inCulture

‘Where’s My Timbrel?’ Our new comic strip draws on artist’s Bay Area Jewish life

by Emma Goss March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
Screenshot from the film "Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power."
Posted inCulture

Berkeley Jewish filmmaker wins NAACP award; day school students win Hazon arts awards

by J. Staff March 8, 2022
Brenda Kassiola (left) and her mom, Amy Kassiola.
Posted inCulture

Artistic mother and daughter pass pandemic days creating mini-murals

Lezak Shallat by Lezak Shallat February 17, 2022February 18, 2022

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