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Three works by Amy Trachtenberg, whose work will be shown at Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco beginning June 14 (Photo/Laura Paull)
Posted inCulture

Summer has landed in the Bay Area, bringing new art with it

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 12, 2019June 12, 2019
Moe Berg was a major league catcher for 15 years. (Photo/Courtesy Irwin Berg)
Posted inCulture

The myth of Moe Berg, ‘The Spy Behind Home Plate’

by Michael Fox May 31, 2019
“The Chronicles of San Francisco” mural of 1,200 San Franciscans includes several from the Jewish community — can you find them? (Photo/Courtesy SFMOMA)
Posted inArt & About

1,200 San Franciscans in one giant digital mural; and more arts around the Bay

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 15, 2019May 21, 2019
Christopher Abbott and George Clooney in Hulu's adaptation of Joseph Heller's Jew-ish WWII satire "Catch-22"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Josh Gad is a dog; Paul Rudd hosts SNL finale; ‘Catch-22’ comes to TV

by Nate Bloom May 13, 2019May 17, 2019
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist (Photo/Austin Hargrave)
Posted inFilm

New documentary on Dr. Ruth, Holocaust survivor and sex maven

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA May 8, 2019
Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron star in "Long Shot"
Posted inColumns

Seth Rogen as First Gentleman; three new Netflix series to check out; etc.

by Nate Bloom May 2, 2019May 2, 2019
An old black and white photo of a bald man with mustache smoking a cigar
Posted inYom HaAtzmaut

Legendary screenwriter made pre-state Israel his cause célèbre

Paul Wilner by Paul Wilner April 25, 2019May 3, 2019
Paul Kaye as Thoros of Myr in "Game of Thrones" — Kaye is a Jew, but Thoros is a priest of the Red God.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

The Jews of ‘GoT,’ ‘Shazam!’ and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

by Nate Bloom April 1, 2019April 1, 2019
A scene from “The Unorthodox”
Posted inTV & Film

Birth of Shas party recounted with humor, heart in ‘The Unorthodox’

by Michael Fox March 6, 2019March 6, 2019
a woman with red hard and a tattooed arm sits in a diner
Posted inCulture

Israel and ‘Leaving Extremism’ in annual German film fest

by J. Staff March 5, 2019

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