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Puppeteer Randal J. Metz (left) and show author Shana Barchas answer audience questions about Children's Fairyland's first Jewish puppet show, "It Could Always Be Worse," July 30. (Photo/George Barahona)
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Children’s Fairyland presents its first Jewish puppet show as part of diversity effort

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb August 14, 2023August 15, 2023
Esty Marcus (left) interviews Aleeza Ben Shalom at the Lent Chabad Center, Aug. 7, 2023. (Photo/Jeff Bartee Photography)
Posted inTV & Film

Aleeza Ben Shalom of ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ brings Bay Area singles onstage at live event

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 9, 2023August 10, 2023
Howie Mandel was the closing act at the "Roast of Anti-Semitism" in Los Angeles on June 14. (Photo/JTA-Zusha Goldin)
Posted inCulture

Howie Mandel and Rachel Bloom headline an LA comedy ‘Roast of Anti-Semitism’

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis June 16, 2023June 16, 2023
Tom Stoppard accepts the award for best new play for “Leopoldstadt” onstage during The 76th Annual Tony Awards at United Palace Theater in New York City, June 11, 2023. (Photo/Theo Wargo-Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Posted inTheater

Antisemitism-themed ‘Leopoldstadt’ and ‘Parade’ are big Tony Awards winners

by Andrew Lapin June 12, 2023June 12, 2023
Ari'el Stachel rehearses his one-man show. (Photo/Muriel Steinke)
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Tony winner Ari’el Stachel comes home to Berkeley to premiere deeply personal one-man show

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 9, 2023July 10, 2025
Composer and lyricist Faith Soloway. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy of Center Theatre Group-Mark Taper Forum
Posted inTheater

A transparently Jewish musical is finally speaking its truth and singing its faith

by Gary Rudoren June 1, 2023June 1, 2023
Matthew Woody as Feivel in the Children’s Theatre Company production of "An American Tail: The Musical" in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo/Glen Stubbe Photography)
Posted inTheater

‘An American Tail,’ the classic animated film about Russian-Jewish mice who immigrate to America, is now a musical

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov May 24, 2023May 25, 2023
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco performs at Manny's, December 2019. (Photo/Gail Rubman)
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Jewish Folk Chorus of S.F. returns with tribute to Oakland klezmer legend Adrienne Cooper

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Performance of the Kovno ghetto orchestra. (Photo/Courtesy US.. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Posted inMusic

‘Songs of Truth’ brings music of composers slain in Holocaust to Bay Area

by Dan Pine May 22, 2023May 22, 2023
“The Scottsboro Boys" has a nearly all-Black cast and uses the structure of a minstrel show as a narrative device to expose the racism of white Southerners. (Photo/42nd Street Moon)
Posted inTheater

‘Scottsboro Boys’: Kander and Ebb’s musical about racism and injustice playing in S.F.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 5, 2023May 11, 2023

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