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B.V. Glants is the winner of the 2025 Cowan Prize for his new novel, “Half Notes From Berlin.” (Erin Ashford Photography)
Posted inBooks

Local writer wins Cowan Prize for novel of love and secrets in Nazi Germany

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
American-Israeli author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi speaks at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, May 21, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inIdeas

Netanyahu must be ousted, Israeli thinker Yossi Klein Halevi says in S.F.

by Sue Fishkoff May 27, 2025May 27, 2025
Sasha Vasilyuk's debut novel, "Your Presence Is Mandatory," is about a Ukrainian Jewish World War II veteran with a terrible secret. (Bloomsbury)
Posted inBooks

S.F. novelist’s debut set in war-torn Ukraine wins Sami Rohr prize for Jewish literature

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
Dan Senor delivers "The State of World Jewry" speech at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan, May 13, 2025. (Mark Doyle/Michael Priest Photography)
Posted inAnalysis

Two writers offer very different views of the ‘state of the Jews’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 20, 2025May 20, 2025
Israeli journalist and author Amir Tibon (right) interviewed by Larry Diamond (left) at Stanford University, May 12, 2025. (Rod Searcey)
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War must end to save hostages, journalist Amir Tibon tells Stanford crowd

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 16, 2025May 17, 2025
The author's 101-year-old family siddur. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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My grandpa’s 101-year-old time-traveling siddur

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 8, 2025May 9, 2025
A sign with the poem "What A Gazan Should Do During An Israeli Air Strike," by Mosab Abu Toha (inset) is seen at the University of California, Berkeley, pro-Palestinian student encampment, May 4, 2024. (Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Palestinian writer targeted by far-right pro-Israel activists wins Pulitzer

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
Sara Glass is the author of "Kissing Girls on Shabbat."
Posted inBooks

‘Kissing Girls on Shabbat’: Gay ex-Hasidic therapist coming to OFJCC

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2025April 28, 2025
A panel from the graphic novel "We Are Not Strangers" by Josh Tuininga, who will be among the speakers at the Jewish Arts & Bookfest.
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Daniel Handler will headline inaugural Jewish book fest at the Magnes

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz April 23, 2025April 30, 2025
Ron Kaufman, whose company specializes in the preservation of historic buildings, points to a map of the various properties he’s helped recover and preserve at his office in San Francisco on April 3, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inThe J. Interview

Ron Kaufman: Restorer of S.F. waterfront and, at 90, a published author

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss April 9, 2025April 16, 2025

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