Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. We tend to gravitate toward the memoirs of public figures whose lives are already of significance to us. However, as in the case of two new memoirs, I often find the memoirs of people I’ve never heard of most compelling,…
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Talking With ...
Q&A: He’s served presidents, and now he’s serving democracy
Arthur Blaustein, 87, is passionate about community service. Now retired after a long tenure as professor of community development, politics and public…
Books
One Bay One Book program tackles ‘The Book of V.’
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. The Jewish Community Library has chosen Anna Solomon’s new novel…
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Going ‘beneath the sidewalk’ to reveal the Bay Area’s untold history
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. Bring up towns like Petaluma and Sebastopol, and many of us think…
Celebrity Jews
Gadot as Cleopatra causes a flap; stars get naked for democracy; etc.
High-flying WNBA Bird Sue Bird has helped her WNBA team, the Seattle Storm, win the 2020 championship. It’s the 39-year-old’s 17th season in the league,…
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When Jewish mobsters and the FBI fought Nazis... in New Jersey
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. Once upon a time in America, it was OK to punch Nazis. In the years…
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New Israeli novels explore the weight of memory
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. Memory informs every aspect of Jewish existence. The late historian…
High Holidays
Writer Anne Lamott to offer thoughts on courage at Days of Awe event
East Bay synagogue Chochmat HaLev will conclude a six-night program of virtual events for the Days of Awe with an atypical guest: Bay Area writer Anne…
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On the Riviera, in Bolivia … Jewish historical fiction that travels
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. Two new coming-of-age novels set against memorable geographical and…