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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)
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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)
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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
A memorial to those who died in the pogrom in Kishinev (Chisinau, Moldova). (Wikicommons/Duesseljan)
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Modern ‘erasure poetry’ and 1904 Bialik poem are reverberations of Jewish past

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 30, 2025October 31, 2025
Eli Sharabi
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In the tunnels of Gaza, hostage Eli Sharabi found a way to be a blessing

by Rabba Sara Hurwitz October 30, 2025October 30, 2025
Spitzkopf book cover
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Was the ‘Yiddish Sherlock Holmes’ the first Jewish superhero?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar October 29, 2025October 29, 2025
Katherine Janus Kahn and Sammy Spider books
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Illustrator of ‘Sammy Spider’ Jewish children’s books dies at 83

by Penny Schwartz October 27, 2025October 27, 2025
"STU," reads the belt buckle on Broke-Ass Stuart, aka Stuart Schuffman, seen here outside San Francisco City Hall. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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From zines to zeitgeist: 20 years of Broke-Ass Stuart, chronicler of the city

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 23, 2025October 23, 2025
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U.S. military base canceled a children’s event celebrating a Jewish cyclist, citing DEI ban

by Andrew Lapin October 21, 2025October 22, 2025
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Hungarian writer with hidden Jewish roots wins literature Nobel

by Andrew Lapin October 9, 2025October 14, 2025

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