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From the cover of “Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and Its Origins”
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‘Why the Bible Began’: New book marvels at the Hebrew Bible’s formation

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 23, 2024May 2, 2024
Elie Wiesel sits at a desk
Posted inEducation

Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ judge blocks key parts of Iowa book ban law

by Andrew Lapin January 3, 2024
Detail of the cover of "Am Yisrael Chai: Essays, Poems, and Prayers"
Posted inBooks

Post-Oct. 7 anthology edited by ex-Berkeley rabbi testifies to Jewish resilience

Lane Igoudin by Lane Igoudin December 28, 2023May 2, 2024
Barbra Streisand with director William Wyler (left) and Omar Sharif on the set of the film "Funny Girl," 1968. (Photo/JTA-Columbia Pictures-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

The most Jewish moments from Barbra Streisand’s new memoir

by Stephen Silver December 5, 2023
Detail of the cover of “Quill & Still” by Aaron Sofaer
Posted inBooks

Local authors explore ‘rewilding,’ queer Jewish fantasy, 20th-century wars

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 4, 2023May 2, 2024
"La Récolte des Foins, Eragny" by Camille Pissarro, 1887
Posted inCulture

A Jewish artist so gifted, he could even teach a stone to paint

by Steven Kellman December 1, 2023
Herbert Gold at home in August of 2021. (Photo/George Barahona)
Posted inObituaries

Herbert Gold, San Francisco novelist who mined his own Jewish upbringing, dies at 99

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 27, 2023
Deborah Feldman poses in her living room in Berlin, March 10, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Christophe Gateau-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inTV

‘Unorthodox’ author Deborah Feldman is a lightning rod in Germany’s debate about criticizing Israel

by Toby Axelrod November 21, 2023November 21, 2023
Mitch Horowitz is the author of "Modern Occultism." (Photo/Ebru Yildiz)
Posted inBooks

Q&A: This historian says occultism isn’t ‘entirely at odds with Judaism’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 16, 2023June 4, 2024
(From left) Dani Colman, Trina Robbins of San Francisco, Chanan Belzer and Yehudi Mercado discussed Jewish folklore in comics at JewCE,  (Photo/Forward-John Halpern)
Posted inCulture

Talmudic debates, space bar mitzvahs and Frank Miller’s plans for Superman at Jewish comic con in New York

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar November 16, 2023November 16, 2023

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