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Alex Edelman may disagree, but a new book says Jewish humor is dying

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 16, 2025September 18, 2025
Detail from the cover of “Shot: A Dictionary of the Lost: Stories” by Jude Berman (Courtesy)
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From children’s books to memoirs, seven new books by local authors

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 15, 2025September 15, 2025
Sasha Vasilyuk and her grandfather
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S.F. novelist surprised that writing about her grandfather’s secret won a Jewish award

by Andrew Silow-Carroll August 25, 2025August 25, 2025
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How this BBC journalist took his Jewish identity to the front lines

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 20, 2025August 20, 2025
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S.F. memoirist explores growing up Jewish and Palestinian in Colombia

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 12, 2025August 12, 2025
art of a headcovering
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Book follows Jewish mother’s work to find her ‘disappeared’ family in Argentina

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 5, 2025August 5, 2025
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From fantasy to chess to Berkeley’s revolution: 6 reads by local authors

by Sue Fishkoff July 25, 2025July 28, 2025
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70 years ago, these beach reads explained Jews to America

by Rachel Gordan July 3, 2025July 3, 2025
Aaron Lansky speaks at the Yiddish Book Center gala, May 4, 2025. (Susan Magnano/Magnanimous Pictures)
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He built a home for 1.5 million Yiddish books. Now he’s walking away. 

by Andrew Silow-Carroll June 11, 2025June 11, 2025
The seawall and beach in Galveston, Texas, ca. 1910-1920. (Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection at the Library of Congress)
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‘Melting Point’: When Zionists turned to Texas

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 10, 2025June 11, 2025

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