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William Shatner on stage during “Star Trek: Mission New York,” Sept. 4, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Bhad Bhabie backs Jewish dating app; Shatner talks about Nimoy; Jamie Lee Curtis rebuilds Hungarian synagogue; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 8, 2021June 9, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-enki22 CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inAct Two

I’m tired of singing alone. Bring on the whole-iness of choirs!

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent June 7, 2021
Diane Wolf and son Max Hirtz-Wolf on the deck of their home in Berkeley. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inBay Area

How this Jewish musician from Berkeley found a sense of belonging in Germany

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 3, 2021
Drake wearing an oversized leather, shearling-lined coat on a balcony overlooking a busy city street
Posted inCelebrity Jews

No Eurovision win for Israel; Drake upstaged by toddler; Dylan turns 80; Judge Judy retires; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 25, 2021May 25, 2021
Jessie Mei Li stars in Netflix's "Shadow and Bone," based on a book series by Israeli-American writer Leigh Bardugo.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Shadow and Bone’ is Jewish; Rogen is done with Franco; Ethiopian Jew is going to Eurovision; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 11, 2021May 12, 2021
Joey Soloway and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie during last year’s Dawn. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

All-night Shavuot arts festival features local and national talent

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 10, 2021July 21, 2021
Ezra Furman performs in London, England, August 14, 2019. (Photo /JTA-Robin Little-Redferns)
Posted inMusic

Oakland’s own Ezra Furman announces she’s a trans woman — and a mom!

by Lisa Keys April 29, 2021April 30, 2021
Frank London's “Ghetto Songs” will drop on April 19, coinciding with the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943.  (Photo/P. Romo)
Posted inMusic

All the world is a ghetto in Frank London’s ambitious new solo album

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert April 14, 2021
Shir Yaakov Feit sings the first of 70 melodies he wrote for the Book of Psalms at the beginning of the pandemic. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inCulture

Inspired by the pandemic, Jewish musicians are rolling out a year’s worth of spiritual ‘healing songs’

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 12, 2021April 12, 2021
Eli Wirtschafter with mother Diane (left) and father Josh (right) in "Another Seder on the Zoom." (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inMusic

‘Vaccinatiooooon!’ — East Bay family’s ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Covid parody gets a sequel

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 30, 2021March 30, 2021

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