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Crossword constructor Adam Wagner holds his first puzzle published in the New York Times. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCulture

Jewish crossword constructors across the Bay Area find clues to community

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 10, 2026June 15, 2026

Updated on June 15 Once a year, crossword obsessives from the West Coast gather at a Berkeley synagogue to compete, compare notes and celebrate a shared devotion to the game […]

Ellie Freeman in 2022, the first year she attended Girls Make Games summer camp. (Courtesy)
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This 15-year-old is living her dream as a video game designer

by Patricia Corrigan March 4, 2026March 4, 2026
From left, the Fool, Magician and Popess cards from the 1650 Jean Noblet Tarot deck, which Stav Appel contends is full of hidden Jewish symbolism. (Courtesy)
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‘Torah in the Tarot’ author: Jews hid meaning in cards during times of persecution

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 13, 2026January 14, 2026
Naroditsky, seated, leans forward and gazes at a chess board
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Daniel Naroditsky, Jewish chess grandmaster and Bay Area native, dies at 29

by Grace Gilson October 21, 2025October 21, 2025
Micah Bloom poses with his game “Jewopoly,” a Jewish take on the game Monopoly, at his home in San Francisco, May 2, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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‘Pass go’ and visit Brisket Place in S.F. teen’s Jewopoly game

by Patricia Corrigan May 12, 2025May 14, 2025
Promotional art from the immensely popular video game "Fortnite."
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A Holocaust museum is launching in Fortnite. Can video games fight antisemitism?

by Andrew Lapin August 17, 2023August 17, 2023
David Eldar (right) during the 2023 Scrabble championship tournament. He defeated Harshan Lamabadusuriya (left) to win the tournament. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy NASPA)
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The Jewish world champion of Scrabble shares his secrets on how to win the game

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz August 15, 2023August 15, 2023
Challah and matzah ball soup are now available in "The Sims," a virtual simulation game played by millions of people.
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‘The Sims’ video game adds Jewish foods, a longtime request of Jewish players

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 18, 2023May 18, 2023
(Images courtesy of Max Fefer and Hit Point Press/Design by Mollie Suss)
Posted inCulture

With goblins, spellcasters and holiday heroes, board game makers are imagining new Jewish worlds

by Lindsay Eanet May 12, 2023
Brenda Romero's "Train" is a board game about complicity during the Holocaust. (Photo/John McKinnon)
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A bestselling novel, a Holocaust-themed game, and accusations of ‘uncredited work’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 27, 2023March 29, 2023

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