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Bettina Farack, a research fellow at the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem, speaks about the Library of Lost Books initiative during a launch event in Berlin in November 2023. (Courtesy Weiner Library)
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Amateur detectives are invited to join search for a lost Jewish library looted by the Nazis

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Elissa Strauss (Photo/Laura Turbow Photography)
Posted inCulture

Oakland author celebrates the ‘Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 28, 2024July 31, 2024
Oren Kroll-Zeldin at a co-resistance action near Hebron, in the West Bank, in June 2022. (Emily Glick)
Posted inBooks

‘Unsettled’: Meet the young activist Jews standing up for Palestine in USF professor’s new book

by Sue Fishkoff June 27, 2024July 31, 2024
Noa Silver is the author of "California Dreaming." (Photo/Nicole Lev)
Posted inBooks

‘California Dreaming’: A Jewish millennial learns about adulting in debut novel

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 26, 2024July 31, 2024
Moshe Kasher (Photo/Messica)
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Oakland-raised comedian Moshe Kasher explores the cultures that shaped him in memoir

by Aaron Howard June 25, 2024June 25, 2024
a photo of a bearded man next to an illustration of a man standing at a podium that says "welcome rabbinical students." the man says, "first, do no ham."
Posted inBooks

‘Funny Stuff’: Gag cartoonist in Piedmont reverse-engineers his craft in new book

by Dan Pine June 24, 2024June 25, 2024
Anna Goodman Herrick (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inPoetry

Queer poet weaves mysticism and memoir in new book

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 13, 2024June 14, 2024
Seeing triple. (Photos/Courtesy of Harper, Amsterdam Publishers)
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This Auschwitz book trend has got to stop — the sooner the better

Talya Zax by Talya Zax June 13, 2024June 13, 2024
San Francisco State University professor Marc Dollinger (second from right) speaks at the "Jews and Black Theory" conference held May 15-16 at Harvard University. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inEducation

Jewish and Black studies scholars converge at unique Harvard conference

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 31, 2024July 6, 2024
Reuven Fenton is an author and New York Post reporter. (Photo/Robert Miller)
Posted inBooks

‘Goyhood’: On the road again — except a lot more Jewish than Jack Kerouac

by Julia M. Klein May 30, 2024May 30, 2024

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