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the cover of "outside the lines" (blue with a black and white sketch of a section of the Embarcadero) next to a headshot of Meg Adler, a young woman with short hair and glasses
Posted inCulture

Tawonga staffer’s new coloring book encourages you to dispel pandemic stress by coloring ‘Outside the Lines’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 4, 2020March 12, 2021
Cover art for "All My Mother’s Lovers" (an abstract blue floral pattern with white type) and "Florence Adler Swims Forever" (a watercolor of a woman in a red swimsuit and swimming cap on a beach)
Posted inOff the Shelf

Secrets kept, secrets revealed as the main character dies in two debut novels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 30, 2020July 31, 2020
Chanan Tigay, shown here in Venice, crisscrossed the globe to research his book. (Photo/Emanuele Dello Strologo)
Posted inCulture

Journalist and SFSU professor Chanan Tigay wins Cowan literary prize for Biblical whodunnit

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 28, 2020July 30, 2020
black and white painting of a woman in period clothing
Posted inCulture

How did German Jews cope with a 17th-century plague? This woman’s 350-year-old memoir offers a glimpse.

by Penny Schwartz and JTA July 27, 2020July 27, 2020
Computer screen showing mulitple authors appearing on a Zoom call.
Posted inCulture

The Jewish Book Council’s annual event goes virtual — and offers a peek into authors’ living rooms

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA July 23, 2020June 4, 2021
a seated middle aged white man in glasses
Posted inCulture

Travelogue of Jewish Latin America wins Natan Notable Book Award

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 23, 2020June 4, 2021
A headshot of Adams, a smiling white woman, with the cover of her book, "The Nesting Dolls."
Posted inBooks

Former San Franciscan recasts Russian Jewish family stories in ‘Nesting Dolls’

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller July 13, 2020July 21, 2020
The covers of “The Lives of Isaac Stern” and “Life Isn't Everything: Mike Nichols, As Remembered by 150 of His Closest Friends,” both of which feature pensive black and white photos of their subjects
Posted inOff the Shelf

New biographies paint portraits of two Jewish luminaries (one with S.F. ties)

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
"The Influence of Soros," written by the journalist Emily Tamkin, dives into the influence of Jewish billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
Posted inPhilanthropy

Emily Tamkin wrote the book on George Soros. Here’s what she has to say about those conspiracy theories.

by Emily Burack and JTA July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
two images: the cover of the book "I Am The Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book," which features an illustration of a dark-skinned boy in a yoga tree pose; and a photo of the author, a smiling white woman with long dark hair standing in front her synagogue.
Posted inReligion

S.F. rabbi’s picture book brings kids to Torah by way of yoga

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 1, 2020July 8, 2020

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