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Posted inCulture

A Jewish anti-racist reading list for children of all ages

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman and JTA June 11, 2020
Posted inOff the Shelf

Daughters of Holocaust survivors uncover old stories in new memoirs

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 4, 2020July 8, 2020
Emily L. Quint Freeman (Photo/Carlos Zarate)
Posted inBooks

‘Failure to Appear’: At 73, this Vietnam-era anti-war fugitive is telling her story of 20 years on the run

by Liz Harris June 2, 2020July 8, 2020
German immigrant Edward Kusel opened photo galleries and variety shops in California’s Central Valley. (Photo/Courtesy Arcadia Publishing)
Posted inBooks

New book tells Jewish stories of the Gold Rush

by Liz Harris May 21, 2020July 8, 2020
Evan Wolkenstein is the author of "Turtle Boy." (Photo/Fred Greene; detail from book cover)
Posted inBooks

Q&A: JCHS teacher discusses his debut novel, ‘Turtle Boy’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
From the cover of “House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family” by Hadley Freeman
Posted inHistory

Two authors delight in the remnants of generations past

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 8, 2020
Shel Silverstein's houseboat, the "Evil Eye." (Photo/JTA-Christian Klugmann)
Posted inBooks

Shel Silverstein lived in a houseboat in Sausalito for 10 years. It can be yours for $783,000.

by JTA and J. Staff May 5, 2020
From the cover of "Growing up Below Sea Level: A Kibbutz Childhood" by Rachel Biale
Posted inBooks

Rachel Biale’s new memoir looks at growing up on a kibbutz in Israel’s early days

by Jonathan Kirsch April 21, 2020May 11, 2020
Three new books of poetry with Jewish themes.
Posted inBooks

New Jewish poetry books to accompany you through isolation

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 13, 2020
Writer couple Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman (ANDY FREEBERG)
Posted inFood

Prominent Berkeley writer’s coronavirus relief effort helps restaurants and hospital workers

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 24, 2020March 25, 2020

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