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Ethiopian Israeli singer Rudi Bainesain will perform at Israel's S.F. consulate's Yom HaAtzmaut gala.
Posted inCulture

S.F. Israeli Consulate spotlights Ethiopian Israeli success stories

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 11, 2022May 2, 2022
Ezra Furman performs at the Empire Control Room in Austin, Texas, March 16, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Tim Mosenfelder-Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

Ezra Furman’s new song is inspired by her experience ‘as a Jew and as a trans woman’

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 4, 2022April 5, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks on screen during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, April 3, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Rich Fury-Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Posted inCulture

2022 Grammys: Zelensky’s video address and other Jewish moments

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 4, 2022April 4, 2022
Jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen
Posted inMusic

After hunkering down in Brazil, jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen brings a taste of Rio to S.F.

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert March 24, 2022March 24, 2022
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Photo/Dario Acosta)
Posted inMusic

Oaklander explores the ‘revolution’ of cantorial music

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert March 2, 2022March 5, 2024
Screenshot of animated Marjories Taylor Greene from the "Gazpacho Police" music video.
Posted inMusic

‘Gazpacho Police’ is now an original klezmer song

by Julia Gergely and JTA February 11, 2022March 1, 2022
Eugen Engel in the 1930s at the composer's monument in the Tiergarten park in Berlin.
Posted inTheater

Rediscovered in a basement, Jewish composer’s prewar opera will now be staged in Germany

by Dan Pine February 7, 2022February 8, 2022
The Alon Near Group (from left): Hillel Salem, Guy Moskovich, Alon Near, Asaf Even Tzur and Alon Benjamini
jazz,  music,  musician
Posted inCulture

From Tel Aviv by way of NYC, jazz quintet reunites for SF run at Black Cat

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert January 10, 2022January 18, 2022
Andrew Garfield in "Tick, Tick ... BOOM!"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Drake nixes Grammys; Jon Stewart talks Harry Potter; Larry David is bald; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 4, 2022January 6, 2022
The company of "The Band's Visit" North American tour. (Photo/Matthew Murphy)
Posted inCultured

‘Band’s Visit,’ Fran Lebowitz and Nissim Black will go on — omicron permitting

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 3, 2022January 7, 2022

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