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The cover of the first issue of Captain America, published in 1941, famously features Captain America giving Hitler what for.
Posted inCulture

When comic books were the best way for teens to learn about the Holocaust

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten May 10, 2018May 10, 2018
From the cover of "In Broad Daylight" by Father Patrick Desbois
Posted inColumns

Two books look at complicity in war crimes by regular folks

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 8, 2018August 20, 2018
Israeli author Author Ruby Namdar will speak at Stanford University May 10. (Photo/Beowulf Sheehan)
Posted inCulture

Expat author, winner of top Israeli lit prize, to speak at Stanford

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 7, 2018
Vitaly Bantov writes poetry in both Russian and English (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inCulture

New Litquake project puts lives of our elders on paper

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 4, 2018August 30, 2020
Chanan Tigay, shown here in Venice, crisscrossed the globe to research his book. (Photo/Emanuele Dello Strologo)
Posted inBooks

Bay Area writer a finalist for $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize

by J. Staff May 1, 2018May 2, 2018
Druze poet Salman Masalha
Posted inCulture

Israeli Druze poet will bring his ‘homeland’ to Magnes lecture

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 1, 2018
Nisha Zenoff and her late son, Victor
Posted inCulture

Grief counselor’s book gives voice to ‘Unspeakable Loss’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 26, 2018April 26, 2018
From the cover of "Love That Bunch" by Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Posted inCulture

Pioneering underground comics artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb has nothing to hide

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 23, 2018April 23, 2018
Marissa Moss (left) and Daniel Schifrin are this year's winner and runner up, respectively, of the Anne and Robert Cowan Writers Prize.
Posted inCulture

Berkeley writers win Cowan Prize for Jewish-themed works

by Patricia Corrigan April 20, 2018September 15, 2022
Journalist Jonathan Weisman is one of the most targeted Jewish media personalities by anti-Semities. Now he's written a book about it.
Posted inCulture

(((Jonathan Weisman))) on Trump, alt-right trolls and his own renewed Yiddishkeit

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller April 11, 2018April 11, 2018

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