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The pro-cease-fire mural at Lake Merritt in Oakland, as seen from a drone on April 7, 2024. (Photo/Courtesy SF Bay Activists for Peace)
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Mural calling to ‘end the war’ appears, then disappears, at Oakland’s Lake Merritt

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 9, 2024June 16, 2024
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, March 7, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Anti-Zionist Jewish artists pull out of CJM exhibit when demands are not met

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 5, 2024June 7, 2024
Richard Serra in 2005. (Photo/Oliver Mark)
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How S.F.-born sculptor Richard Serra found infinity within the void

Talya Zax by Talya Zax April 4, 2024April 4, 2024
In February 2021, Kestenbaum & Company, a Brooklyn firm that has specialized in Judaica, pulled off its catalogue what the Jewish Community of Cluj, Romania, says is a 19th-century ledger from its Jewish burial society.  (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Kestenbaum & Company)
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For every looted Schiele, there are countless looted Jewish artifacts. They need to be returned to their rightful owners, too.

Gideon Taylor by Gideon Taylor March 12, 2024
Sign announcing galleries are closed at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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Yerba Buena Center’s CEO quits after facing ‘antisemitic backlash’ to exhibit closure

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 7, 2024March 7, 2024
Arthur Szyk’s “The Four Questions from The Haggadah.” (Photo/Irvin Ungar)
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Why artist Arthur Szyk, whose work is collected at the Magnes, is more relevant than ever

by Diane Cole March 6, 2024March 6, 2024
Artist Yael Kanarek (Photo/Gili Getz)
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Israeli American artist creates ‘regendered’ version of the Hebrew Bible

by Rachel Ringler February 29, 2024March 6, 2024
Boichik's Emily Winston (left) with artist Lucy Sparrow at Feltz Bagels, an exhibit open through Sunday at Fort Mason Center. (Photo/Instagram-@sewyoursoul)
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A new bagel shop has opened in S.F. — just don’t try to eat the products

Sam Lin-Sommer by Sam Lin-Sommer January 19, 2024January 20, 2024
Sarit Khen's fused-glass sculpture "The Flowers Will Bloom Again" reflects both pain and hope following the Oct. 7 tragedy. (Photo/Courtesy UnXeptable)
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‘Yearning for Home’: Local artwork fills online auction to aid devastated kibbutz

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz January 16, 2024September 30, 2024
"Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain" by Camille Pissarro hangs in Lilly Neubauer's home in Berlin before the Holocaust. (Photo/JTA via court records)
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U.S. court rules Madrid museum can keep Pissarro painting looted by the Nazis

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg January 11, 2024

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