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Artist Edo Rosenberg in his San Jose studio, Jan. 8, 2024. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
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Theft of $100,000 sculpture angers but doesn’t deter San Jose artist Edo Rosenberg

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 9, 2024January 10, 2024
California College of the Arts in San Francisco (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Wornick family threatens to revoke bequest to S.F. college over anti-Israel post

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 5, 2024June 13, 2024
One of Mauricio Avayu's 40 murals depicting key moments in the Torah is displayed at the Jeffrey D. Schwartz & Na Tang Jewish Taiwan Cultural Association center in Taipei. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Avayu)
Posted inCulture

A Chilean-Jewish artist strives to capture the entire Torah in massive murals

by Jacob Kessler December 21, 2023December 21, 2023
a tiny tray of latkes is held between a person's index finger and thumb
Posted inCulture

San Jose creator’s miniature Hanukkah scene gives you a treat: tiny latkes to eat

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 13, 2023December 20, 2023
"La Récolte des Foins, Eragny" by Camille Pissarro, 1887
Posted inCulture

A Jewish artist so gifted, he could even teach a stone to paint

by Steven Kellman December 1, 2023
Rabbi Nosson Potash of Cole Valley Chabad fills a menorah made out of a Qassam rocket with candles as his 4-year-old son Shimon looks on. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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S.F. Chabad rabbi’s menorah turns a Qassam rocket into a beacon of peace

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein November 30, 2023December 4, 2023
(From left) Dani Colman, Trina Robbins of San Francisco, Chanan Belzer and Yehudi Mercado discussed Jewish folklore in comics at JewCE,  (Photo/Forward-John Halpern)
Posted inCulture

Talmudic debates, space bar mitzvahs and Frank Miller’s plans for Superman at Jewish comic con in New York

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar November 16, 2023November 16, 2023
Art from "Brother's Keeper" by Arnon Shorr and Joshua Edelglass. (Illustration/Forward-Courtesy 
Shorr and Edelglass)
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A Jewish family story about defending a kibbutz in 1948 takes on new meaning

by Stav Ziv November 14, 2023November 15, 2023
A visitor looks at the Shabbat table display at Dunphy Park in Sausalito, Nov., 10, 2023. (Photo/Don Feria-AP Images for Jewish Community Relations Council)
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‘We pray that this was a one-time event’: Empty Shabbat tables honor hostages in Gaza

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 13, 2023November 17, 2023
A passerby inspects the “Stop the Genocide in Gaza Now!” mural in San Francisco's quiet Noe Valley neighborhood, Nov. 1, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Mural calling to end ‘genocide’ in Gaza roils S.F. neighborhood

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 6, 2023December 14, 2023

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