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Dan Alter (left) and M. Evan Wolkenstein are this year's Cowan Writer's Prize recipients.
Posted inBooks

M. Evan Wolkenstein and Dan Alter to receive Cowan Writer’s Prizes today

by J. Staff September 15, 2022November 7, 2022
Sabra, the Israeli superhero who will make her screen debut in the fourth Captain American movie played by Shira Haas, first appeared in 1980’s “Incredible Hulk” No. 256, “Power in the Promised Land!”
Posted inComics

Meet Sabra, Marvel’s Israeli superhero, soon to be played by Shira Haas

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward September 14, 2022September 14, 2022
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner speaking at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in DC, June 19, 2017 (Photo/ JTA-Getty Images-Chip Somodevilla)
Posted inUncategorized

Jared Kushner’s memoir is all about forgiveness — but he’s not asking for ours

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward August 25, 2022August 25, 2022
Omer Friedlander is the author of the short story collection "The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land." (Photo/Yam Traiber)
Posted inBooks

Debut short-story collection by young Israeli writer is One Bay One Book choice 

by Sue Fishkoff August 25, 2022November 7, 2022
Andy Borowitz will discuss his new book of political satire, "Profiles in Ignorance," in San Francisco, Sept. 17, 2022. (Photo/Howard Schatz)
Posted inBooks

Political satirist Andy Borowitz heads to San Francisco to preach to the choir

by Dan Pine August 24, 2022November 7, 2022
From the cover “When Rabbis Abuse: Power, Gender, and Status in the Dynamics of Sexual Abuse in Jewish Culture” by Elana Sztokman
Posted inOff the Shelf

New books shine light on sexual abuse in Jewish world

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 23, 2022August 24, 2022
Background illustration by Josh Baum, from "Malkah's Notebook"
Posted inAuthor! Author!

Children’s books by local Jewish authors educate and delight

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 19, 2022July 23, 2024
Letty Cottin Pogrebin, the founder of Ms. Magazine and author, most recently, of "Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy," will kick off the "Go Read It!" series. (Photo/File)
Posted inBooks

‘Go Read It!’ Free virtual Contra Costa author series kicks off Sept. 1 

by J. Staff August 17, 2022August 17, 2022
Rita Semel at home in San Francisco, where she has devoted herself to public service for decades. (Photo/Norm Levin)
Posted inBooks

At 100 years old, local Jewish legend Rita Semel gets a young adult biography

by Dan Pine August 15, 2022August 19, 2022
“The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land,” by Graciela Mochkofsky, traces the saga of a group of Peruvian Jews.
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An unlikely mass conversion in Peru gets a closer look in new book about ‘Inca Jews’

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA August 11, 2022August 12, 2022

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