Music
Berkeley ensemble traverses Middle East in atmospheric new album
After studying jazz in New York City for a few years, Eliyahu Sills found himself at a crossroads, unsure of what musical path to follow. That’s when a…
Theater
Online Irving Berlin concert to raise money for local theaters
Social distancing may prevent some people from dancing cheek to cheek these days, but Hershey Felder is offering up an alternative: a livestream…
Culture
Local Jewish leaders join Israeli consulate to celebrate Israel in song
For Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, the San Francisco-based Israeli Consulate reached out to Jewish organizations all over Northern…
Yom HaAtzmaut
Jewish celebs join virtual ceremony for Israel's Independence Day
Actors Shira Haas, Ben Platt and Josh Malina were among the stars who joined a virtual ceremony on Wednesday celebrating Israel’s 72nd Independence Day.…
Music
Kehillah High teen Chloe Madeline is a pop star on the rise
Chloe Madeline says Taylor Swift is her idol, yet it was at her synagogue on the Peninsula where she learned about music’s power to bring people together.…
Celebrity Jews
Rappers, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and homophobia in the time of Covid
Rappers, gay culture and intense stares In a movie that premiered April 24 on Apple TV Plus, Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond of the seminal rap trio the…
Music
S.F. Opera musicians get together virtually for video of Ravel’s ‘Kaddish’
Inspired by the mantras “adversity is the mother of invention” and “boredom breeds creativity,” two San Francisco-based Jewish musicians from the opera…
Music
East Bay family’s ‘Fiddler’ coronavirus parody goes viral
“A seder on the Zoom — sounds crazy, no?” Eli Wirtschafter says at the beginning of his family’s coronavirus-inspired video parodying “Tradition!” from…
Music
Rapper Kosha Dillz organizes virtual Passover music fest
Kosha Dillz is supposed to be on a multicity U.S. tour right now. Instead, the 38-year-old rapper is stuck in Los Angeles, where he is trying to find…