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Mid-century book covers
Posted inBooks

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)
Posted inBooks

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)
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Melting Point’: When Zionists turned to Texas

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 10, 2025June 11, 2025
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)
Posted inBooks

War must end to save hostages, journalist Amir Tibon tells Stanford crowd

by Emma Goss May 16, 2025May 17, 2025
The author's 101-year-old family siddur. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

My grandpa’s 101-year-old time-traveling siddur

David A.M. Wilensky
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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

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