Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. For those attuned to the Torah reading cycle, one of the striking aspects of the Genesis narratives is that the characters are often moving to foreign places. From Adam and Eve to Joseph, nobody stays where they started. As I…
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East Bay Jewish arts lab seeks 2021 fellows — pandemic or not
LABA East Bay, an incubator and study program for Jewish artists run by the JCC East Bay, is in search of its second cohort of Bay Area artists. LABA…
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In new book, teacher makes his students debate Hitler's final solution
This article originally appeared in Kveller. On Jan. 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking officials from the Nazi party and the German government got together in a…
Off the Shelf
Gripping memoirs by writers who aren’t exactly famous
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…
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…