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From the cover of "The Last Watchman of Old Cairo" by Michael David Lukas
Posted inCulture

Award-winning Oakland author dips quill into old Jewish Cairo

by Ilana DeBare June 22, 2018June 28, 2018
From the cover of "Red Diaper Daughter" by Laura Bock
Posted inCulture

How a ‘Red Diaper’ baby grew into a full-spectrum activist

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 21, 2018June 21, 2018
From the cover of "Another Ruth," Rita Kuhn's first novel
Posted inCulture

At 90, first-time Berkeley novelist recalls her mother’s bravery

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn June 20, 2018June 20, 2018
Aryeh Green near his hometown of Beit Shemesh in the center of Israel on the last day of his trek (Photo/Yonatan Green)
Posted inBooks

A life-changing hike down the spine of Israel

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn June 13, 2018
Dashka Slater
Posted inBooks

California Book Awards for three local Jewish authors

by J. Staff June 8, 2018June 11, 2018
Chanan Tigay, shown here in Venice, crisscrossed the globe to research his book. (Photo/Emanuele Dello Strologo)
Posted inCulture

Rohr Prize in Jewish lit winners announced; finalists include Oakland’s Chanan Tigay

by J. Staff June 5, 2018
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (left) and Martin Luther King (center) marching in Selma, Alabama
Posted inBooks, Culture

Dismantling the myths of the black-Jewish civil rights alliance

by Jackie Krentzman June 5, 2018June 26, 2018
From the cover of "Red Hot Mama: The Life of Sophie Tucker" by Lauren Rebecca Sklar
Posted inColumns

Why audiences plotzed over these forgotten performers

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 1, 2018August 20, 2018
Israeli author Yossi Klein Halevi
Posted inCulture

Now in Arabic! Yossi Klein Halevi brings acclaimed ‘Letters’ to Palo Alto

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 30, 2018
Richard Benjamin, right, as Alexander Portnoy in a 1972 film adaptation of "Portnoy's Complaint." Lee Grant, on left, played Portnoy's mother. (Photo/JTA-Warner Brothers-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Writing after Roth: ‘Now vee may perhaps to begin’

Dan Schifrin by Dan Schifrin May 24, 2018

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