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From the cover of "Love That Bunch" by Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Posted inCulture

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

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(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
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s  debut novel “One Night, Markovitch” (2012) is worth your time.
Posted inIsrael at 70

11 stellar Israeli novels that cry out to be read

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 10, 2018August 20, 2018
From the cover of "Stealth Altruism" by Arthur Shostak
Posted inBooks

Highlighting radical acts of ‘stealth’ kindness during Holocaust

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller April 4, 2018April 4, 2018
An illustration of the aftermath of the Kishinev pogrom in April 1903, published in "L'Assiette au Beurre - The Crimes of Tsarism and the massacres of Kishinev." (Photo/JTA-Culture Club-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

How an infamous pogrom gave rise to myths, poetry, and the black-Jewish alliance

by Sue Fishkoff April 3, 2018August 18, 2018
Cipe Pineles’ lettering and illustrations for borscht in her manuscript that would become "Leave Me Alone with the Recipes"
Posted inColumns

Found manuscript becomes a cookbook and homage to famed designer Cipe Pineles

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 25, 2018March 23, 2018
Hilary Zaid's debut novel is called "Paper is White."
Posted inCulture

Bridging queer and Jewish identities in debut novel from East Bay author

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller March 12, 2018March 12, 2018
From the cover of "Eternal" by Dara Horn
Posted inColumns

Pondering eternity: destiny, an ancient love affair and the oldest woman in the world

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 7, 2018August 20, 2018
From "The Perfect" Family by Fern Kepke
Posted inColumns

New books by Bay Area authors, Feb. 2018

by Liz Harris February 25, 2018February 26, 2018

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