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Cover of "Without Jenny" by Mark Gunther
Posted inBooks

‘Without Jenny’: Debut novel is the fruit of a father’s grief

by Liz Harris September 5, 2018September 5, 2018
From the cover of "The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth
Posted inCulture

Reading ‘The Plot Against America’ across the Bay

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 23, 2018
Temple Israel on Madison and Willow streets in Stockton, undated (Photo/Courtesy Western States Jewish History Association)
Posted inPhotography

Overflowing with photos of California’s oldest synagogues

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 16, 2018August 17, 2018
Posted inYom Kippur

Late S.F. rabbi’s ‘You Are Completely Unprepared’ in paperback

by J. Staff August 14, 2018August 15, 2023
From the cover of “Shout to the Lord: Making Worship Music in Evangelical America” by Ari Y. Kelman
Posted inBooks

Why church music rocks, and what synagogues can learn from it

by Andrew Muchin August 13, 2018August 13, 2018
Alfred Flechtheim in Berlin, 1928. (Photo/Atelier Baruck)
Posted inBooks

Uncle Alfred: ‘Jewish, Gay & Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 10, 2018August 10, 2018
From the cover of "A Terrible Country" by Keith Gessen
Posted inColumns

Three solid additions to your end-of-summer reading list

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 7, 2018August 20, 2018
From the cover of "Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna"
Posted inCulture

The dark links between Dr. Asperger and the Nazis

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller July 31, 2018July 31, 2018
From the cover of "Health Economics and Policy" by Victor Fuchs
Posted inCulture

At 94, Stanford economist is still at the front of his class

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller July 18, 2018July 19, 2018
From the cover of "Nothing is Forgotten" by Peter Golden
Posted inOff the Shelf

Three books about characters connecting to secret Jewish pasts

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 11, 2018August 20, 2018

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