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The 1902 funeral of Rabbi Jacob Joseph (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBooks

How the biggest antisemitic riot in America transformed Jewish history 

by Benjamin Ivry November 26, 2024November 26, 2024
black and white photo of Keller seated outside, next to the cover of the book which shows a child from behind looking at an abstract painting
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‘Shechinah at the Art Institute’: Sonoma rabbi’s memoir unfurls stories of mysticism and whimsy

Eli Andrew Ramer (Courtesy) by Eli Andrew Ramer November 19, 2024November 21, 2024
Rabbi Shai Held delivers the keynote address at the Z3 Conference in Palo Alto, Nov. 5, 2023. (Shir Shelef/Courtesy Oshman Family JCC)
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Visiting Bay Area, Rabbi Shai Held discusses how Jews can disagree, lovingly

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 11, 2024November 21, 2024
Standup comedian Moshe Kasher will be performing in San Francisco from Nov. 20-23 at Punch Line comedy club. (Courtesy Punch Line)
Posted inComedy

Prodigal comedian Moshe Kasher, a man of many worlds, returns for Bay Area gigs

by Dan Pine November 6, 2024November 21, 2024
a man with a mustache and beard grins menacingly as he holds up a skull inscribed all over with letters and numbers
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Q&A: Founder of Center for Monster Studies isn’t scared when the lights go down

by Sue Fishkoff October 30, 2024October 31, 2024
Ayelet Tsabari is the author of "Songs for the Brokenhearted" (Elsin Davidi)
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‘Songs for the Brokenhearted’: Ayelet Tsabari explores a Yemeni Israeli family and identity in her debut novel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 25, 2024November 21, 2024
Haaretz journalist Lee Yaron is the author of "10/7"
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Haaretz journalist’s book brings ‘first person’ immediacy to accounts of Oct. 7

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi October 22, 2024November 21, 2024
Cover of "The Untold Story of Books"
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Two local authors take readers behind the scenes of publishing

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 16, 2024November 21, 2024
"Why does the pig matter?" Jordan Rosenblum asks in, "Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig." (Steve Evans/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBooks

From snout to tail, a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig

by Andrew Silow-Carroll October 14, 2024February 14, 2025
Images released by the U.S. Department of Justice from a 16th-century book belonging to the Budapest University of Jewish Studies, which disappeared for 80 years following the Nazi invasion of Hungary.
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Judaica seller signs deal with feds to return Nazi-looted 16th-century Bible to Budapest seminary

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev October 10, 2024October 10, 2024

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