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Alan Haim (left) and Cooper Hoffman in "Licorice Pizza"
Posted inCulture

Gabby Giffords has bat mitzvah; Jewish Grammy nominees; Haim goes to the movies; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 7, 2021December 8, 2021
Choir! Choir! Choir! event at Massey Hall in Toronto. (Photo/Joseph Fuda)
Posted inMusic

Hallelujah! It’s time for a Hanukkah-themed Leonard Cohen sing-along

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 1, 2021December 1, 2021
Kosha Dillz (left) and Nissim Black perform across Midtown Manhattan in the video to "The Hanukkah Song 2.0." (Screenshot)
Posted inMusic

Nissim Black and Kosha Dillz, Jewish hip-hop royalty, remix Adam Sandler’s ‘Chanukah Song’ on the streets of New York

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA December 1, 2021
Stephen Sondheim listening to music in the recording control room during the original cast recording of the Broadway musical "Into The Woods" in 1987. (Photo/JTA-Oliver Morris'Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

How Stephen Sondheim helped me find my gay Jewish sensibility

Reb Irwin Keller by Rabbi Irwin Keller November 30, 2021December 1, 2021
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim died Nov. 26. (Photo/Forward-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inTheater

The last and greatest gift Stephen Sondheim gave us

Talya Zax by Talya Zax and Forward November 29, 2021
Paul "Sexiest Man Alive" Rudd in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Paul Rudd is sexy; Batsheva Haart is separated; Carole King is crowned; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 22, 2021
Brian Epstein riding a horse at his 30th birthday party. (Photo/JTA-Ron Joy-Belle Schwartz Estate)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Brian Epstein gets a statue; Omar Sharif goes to Israel; Scarlett Johansson settles with Disney; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 10, 2021November 10, 2021
Scholar, blues guitarist and cantorial scion Jeremiah Lockwood's new album is “A Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood’s Guitar Soli Hanukkah Album.”
Posted inMusic

Jeremiah Lockwood’s new ‘Great Miracle’ album embraces Hanukkah nostalgia, sans shlock

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 5, 2021December 3, 2025
Dancers rehearse choreographer Alyssa Mitchel’s “Here. Now.” outside the Exploratorium in San Francisco. (Photo/Kyle Adler)
Posted inCultured

Ready, set, play! Bay Area in-person performances mark a step back to normal.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 26, 2021October 28, 2021
Noah Shufutinsky a.k.a. Westside Gravy performing at Jewish National Fund-USA’s Spectacular Sunday on Sept. 12, 2021. (Photo/Bindelglass Photography)
Posted inMusic

Westside Gravy: SoCal-raised rapper looks to take his career to next level in Israel

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 12, 2021October 12, 2021

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