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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.
Posted inBooks

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
Elana Dykewomon (Photo/Jane Tyska)
Posted inObituaries

Activist-writer Elana Dykewomon dies, just as her first play debuts

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 9, 2022August 17, 2022
Tom Sturridge as Dream with his very powerful and important bag of sand and gas mask thing in "Sandman. "(Photo/Forward-Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV

Judaism, mythology and God knows what else haunt the dreams of Netflix’s ‘Sandman’

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward August 9, 2022August 9, 2022
Michael Twitty is the author and historian behind the books "Cooking Gene" and "Koshersoul." (Photo/Bret Harman)
Posted inUncategorized

Culinary historian and ‘Koshersoul’ author Michael Twitty coming to JCCSF

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 2, 2022August 15, 2022
Eugenio Pacelli’s coronation as Pope Pius XII on March 12, 1939.
Posted inBooks

‘The Pope at War’: A new book explains Pius XII’s silence during the Shoah — but does not excuse it

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward August 2, 2022August 2, 2022
Josh Lambert is the author of "The Literary Mafia."
Posted inBooks

What was the Jewish ‘literary mafia’? A new book explores a common myth of postwar publishing

by Andrew Lapin and JTA July 29, 2022
From the cover of "Shmutz: A Novel" by Felicia Berliner
Posted inBooks

In ‘Shmutz,’ a young woman seeks sexual liberty — while staying Hasidic

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi and Forward July 21, 2022
Alan Shipnuck (left, holding mic) asks Phil Mickelson a question at his 2022 U.S. Open press conference, which was his return to championship golf after going into exile because of Shipnuck's book excerpt. (Photo/Courtesy Shipnuck)
Posted inSports

Bay Area sportswriter Alan Shipnuck’s new biography blows open the life of golf great Phil Mickelson

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher July 21, 2022July 26, 2022

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