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“Always Carry Salt” author Samantha Ellis’ mother at the arch of Ctesiphon near Baghdad in the 1960s. (Courtesy Samantha Ellis)
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In memoir, author yearns for an Iraqi Jewish culture just out of reach

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 17, 2025December 17, 2025
Gilly Segal, Rena Rossner, and rabbi Angela Buchdahl
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Facing antisemitism and exclusion, Jewish authors get a lifeline

Elana Sztokman by Elana Sztokman December 9, 2025December 9, 2025
(Random House)
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From golems to Horton to banana menorahs: This year’s Hanukkah kids’ books light up the imagination

by Penny Schwartz December 5, 2025December 5, 2025
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, who is also a cantor, performs "Over the Rainbow" at the end of her Dec. 3 event at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. (Courtesy JCCSF/Justin Halgren)
Posted inIdeas

In S.F., first Asian American rabbi describes how she found her ‘truest home’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 4, 2025December 5, 2025
Collage of Traitors Circle images
Posted inBooks

They had status, safety and power — and still chose to defy Hitler

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 28, 2025November 28, 2025
Vibrant collection of books on shelves for reading, research, and education.
Posted inBooks

This graphic anthology wants to expand how we see Jewishness around the world

by Olivia Haynie November 25, 2025November 25, 2025
American novelist Philip Roth in 1967. (Bernard Gotfryd via Wikimedia/Library of Congress)
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New biography: Philip Roth cared about more than sex

by Sue Fishkoff November 11, 2025November 11, 2025
Z3 Project Institute Director David Hazony (left) chats with Z3 Insitute Associate Fellow Benjamin Kerstein (center) and author Sarah Hurwitz before a packed room at the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Z3 panel: Define your own Zionism — or someone else will

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 11, 2025November 11, 2025
The cover of "Charlotte Salomon Paints Her Life" by Pamela Reitman (392 pages, Sibylline Press)
Posted inBooks

From historical fiction to a vibrant picture book: Six new books by local authors

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight November 10, 2025November 10, 2025
Etgar Keret speaks with Ira Glass
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In S.F., Israeli writer Etgar Keret unfolds stories about ‘my dead mom’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 4, 2025November 4, 2025

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