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The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Photo/Gary Sexton)
Posted inPhotography

‘Art can offer some comfort’: Local Jewish cultural orgs look to provide respite from Israel news

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 13, 2023October 16, 2023
Gertrude Stein poses in front of the portrait of her that Picasso painted in 1906. (Photo/Getty Images)
Posted inArt

A Paris exhibit explores the friendship between Oakland-raised Gertrude Stein and Picasso

by Mervyn Rothstein September 20, 2023September 20, 2023
Bryna Rifkind examines tzitizt at a Sept. 3 session of Or Shalom Jewish Community's tallit-making class. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inReligion

PHOTOS: At Or Shalom in SF, making prayer personal with custom tallits

by J. Staff September 19, 2023September 20, 2023
Rainbow Gathering photographed at Modoc National Forest, California, July 4, 1984. Appearing at CJM as part of a retrospective of the work of Jay Blakesberg. (Photo/Jay Blakesberg)
Posted inCulture

‘Those artists were rebels’: Bay Area photographer Jay Blakesberg gets rockin’ retrospective at CJM

by Dan Pine August 28, 2023August 29, 2023
Herbert Sussan, seen here in Nagasaki in 1946, later said in an oral history, “All of us were absolutely stunned, and nobody could believe it was one bomb.” (Photo/Courtesy Leslie Sussan)
Posted inPhotography

Her father documented the devastation at Nagasaki and Hiroshima — now she’s considered an honorary second-generation survivor

by Jon Kalish August 9, 2023
"The paper will have your handprints on it," student Lucas Leeds says of drawing with charcoal. "You really become part of the drawing itself." (Photo/Leslie Katz)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

With paper and charcoal, local students learn empathy for Holocaust survivors

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz August 4, 2023August 7, 2023
(From left) Fabiana Santiago, Alice Wells, Brandon Graham, Juan Magacho, Jess DeFranco and Claire Fisher perform Alyssa Mitchel's "Regard." (Photo/Eric Raeber)
Posted inUncategorized

Inspired by Buber, this choreographer is transforming a CJM gallery with a dance experiment

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert July 21, 2023August 24, 2023
A crowd enjoys the music at a concert celebrating the late singer Jewlia Eisenberg in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Oct. 2, 2022. (Robbie Sweeny)
Posted inArt

‘Shabbat at the Jewseum’: New Saturday programs start at CJM in the fall

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 13, 2023July 18, 2023
A photograph by Roman Vishniac, subject of the new documentary "Vishniac," which is screening as part of the 2023 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

‘Vishniac’: At S.F. Jewish Film Fest, unflinching documentary shines light on famed photographer

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 6, 2023July 21, 2023
a woman stands before a table of items, including metal cups and candle holders, examining them closely
Posted inCulture

A flea market menorah: $4,000. Family memories: priceless.

by Naomi Friedland July 3, 2023July 5, 2023

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