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Susan Katz is an author and founder of ConnectingAuthors. (Photo/Courtesy Katz)
Posted inTalking With ...

A writer who helps kids calm racing minds

by Liz Harris December 7, 2020
a green background with small sketches of trees all over -- and in a clearing, the title in yellow type.
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘The Lost Shtetl’ and ‘The Orchard’: 2 new novels of Jewish culture shock

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 20, 2020November 23, 2020
Poet Jake Marmer (right) recites his poetry at LABA's DRUNK event at the JCC East Bay in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019, accompanied by guitarist John Schott. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
Posted inCulture

East Bay Jewish arts lab seeks 2021 fellows — pandemic or not

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 11, 2020November 13, 2020
From the cover of "The Assignment" by Liza Weimer.
Posted inUncategorized

Here’s what happened when a teacher made his students debate Hitler’s final solution

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman and JTA October 30, 2020October 30, 2020
covers of "Golem Girl" and "A Place of Exodus"
Posted inOff the Shelf

Gripping memoirs by writers who aren’t exactly famous

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 23, 2020October 28, 2020
Arthur Blaustein is the author of "Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport."
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: He’s served presidents, and now he’s serving democracy

by Liz Harris October 20, 2020March 12, 2021
Anna Solomon is the author of this year's One Bay One Book pick, "The Book of V."
Posted inBooks

What became of Queen Vashti? One Bay One Book program tackles ‘The Book of V.’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 19, 2020October 26, 2020
Rachel Brahinsky is co-author of "A People's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area."
Posted inCulture

Going ‘beneath the sidewalk’ to reveal the Bay Area’s untold history

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 14, 2020October 15, 2020
Poet Louise Glück, seen here at the National Book Awards in New York City in 2014, is the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature. (Photo/JTA-Robin Marchant-Getty Images)
Posted inPoetry

WNBA’s Jewish Bird; Gadot as Cleopatra causes a flap; stars get naked for democracy; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
Tiburon novelist Leslie K. Barry is the author of "Newark Minutemen."
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North Bay writer pens tale of Jewish mobsters fighting Nazis… in New Jersey

by Dan Pine October 7, 2020October 14, 2020

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