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Judy Gumbo is the author of “Yippie Girl: Exploits in Protest and Defeating the FBI.” (Photo/Gary Goldberg)
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‘Yippie Girl’: In memoir, Judy Gumbo writes about 1960s Jewish activists, the Chicago 7 and defeating the FBI

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 19, 2022July 20, 2022
From the cover of “The Flying Camel: Essays on Identity by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage” edited by Loolwa Khazzoom
Posted inBooks

JFK, polyamory, Jewish noir and more: New books by local Jewish authors appeal to diverse readers

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 18, 2022May 25, 2023
Judith Berlowitz is the author of "Home So Far Away," a novel inspired by an ancestor who served as a battlefield nurse in the Spanish Civil War.
Posted inBooks

‘Home So Far Away’: Retired Mills College professor Judith Berlowitz’s novel honors battlefield nurse ancestor

by Dan Pine July 14, 2022July 20, 2022
an illustration of a tall hotel flanked by palm trees, with a dumpster in front
Posted inOff the Shelf

Looking for a case to crack? Try these new Jewish-themed mystery novels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 12, 2022July 20, 2022
Tourists enter the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, Jan. 28, 2020. (Photo/New York Jewish Week)
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A writer faces his demons — and history’s — on a guided tour of Holocaust sites

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and Jewish Week July 7, 2022
Joey Soloway, creator of the TV series "Transparent," speaks onstage during an Equality California event at in Los Angeles, Sept. 28, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Matt Winkelmeyer/-Getty Images for Equality California)
Posted inCulture

Arts org Reboot is funding Jewish projects with Joey Soloway, Adam Mansbach and other creators

by Andrew Lapin and JTA July 1, 2022
Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua speaks after receiving an honorary degree at the University of Palermo, Sept. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Francesco Militello Mirto-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Novelist A.B. Yehoshua, dissector and lover of Israel, dies at 85

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 14, 2022
Two new books by Judith Gottesman
Posted inBooks

Jump back into the dating pool with 2 books by Bay Area matchmaker

by J. Staff June 9, 2022July 20, 2022
Author and conspiracy theory expert Mike Rothschild (Photo/JTA-Courtesy)
Posted inBooks

A Rothschild who debunks conspiracy theories and writes about Jewish space lasers

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA May 26, 2022May 26, 2022
two pics: first, a headshot of Imhoff, a smiling white woman; second, the cover of the book
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New book: A ‘Queer, Disabled’ early Zionist illustrates ‘roads not taken’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA May 24, 2022

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