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1928: Edgar Feuchtwanger as a child in Munich — where he literally lived across the street from Adolf Hitler
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He lived across the street from Hitler, and he’s coming to Palo Alto

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller October 3, 2018October 3, 2018
From the cover of “True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape” by Micah Perks
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Author Micah Perks: from utopian commune to imaginative novelist

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 28, 2018January 9, 2019
From the cover of "The Talmud: A Biography" by Barry Scott Wimpfheimer
Posted inColumns

Three books to put you through (Jewish) law school

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman September 14, 2018
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
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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)
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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

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