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Posted inComedy

Kung Pao Kosher Comedy marks 30 years of Jewish Christmas in S.F.

by Dan Pine November 29, 2022December 7, 2022
Brothers Esteban Hernández (left; photo/Erik Tomasson) and Isaac (right; photo/Stephen Texeira) are both appearing in "The Nutcracker" in San Francisco this year.
Posted inCulture

Raised in large Mexican Jewish family, these brothers are dancing together in S.F. Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’

by Stav Ziv November 23, 2022November 25, 2022
Rose Oser is the writer behind "Shoshana in December."
Posted inHolidays

‘Shoshana in December’: New queer Hanukkah musical hits S.F. stage

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene November 8, 2022
Poet Jake Marmer (right) recites his poetry at LABA's DRUNK event at the JCC East Bay in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019, accompanied by guitarist John Schott. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
Posted inCulture

Jewish culture laboratory LABA gets a new home at the Firehouse in S.F.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 3, 2022June 25, 2024
Josh Gondelman in his comedy special, "People Pleaser."
Posted inOn Stage

‘Nice guy’ comedian Josh Gondelman brings shtick to S.F. on Friday

by Dan Pine November 1, 2022November 1, 2022
Vivien Straus' new one-woman show is called "After I'm Dead You'll Have to Feed Everyone." (Photo/RoccoPhotography.com)
Posted inTheater

‘After I’m Dead’: One-woman show honors ‘larger-than-life’ matriarch of Straus dairy family

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 11, 2022October 12, 2022
Debórah Eliezer plays a multitude of characters in "(dis)Place[d]." (Photo/Wendy Yalom)
Posted inTheater

‘(dis)Place[d]’: One-woman show is a journey through generations of Iraqi Jews

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 28, 2022September 28, 2022
Malka Wallick (left) and Rivka Borek in a pre-production photo for "Indecent" at the San Francisco Playhouse. (Photo/Jessica Palopoli)
Posted inCulture

‘Indecent’ at S.F. Playhouse pulls back curtain on scandalous 1907 Yiddish play

by Patricia Corrigan September 14, 2022September 16, 2022
A crowd of about 4,000 crammed the Coney Island Amphitheater for the Chosen Comedy Festival, Aug. 16, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Mike Monti)
Posted inOpinion

The Catskills meet Mount Sinai at a night of unifying Jewish comedy

by Andrew Silow-Carroll August 22, 2022August 22, 2022
Members of the Oberammergau Passion Play, which has been telling the New Testament story of Jesus’ death and resurrection since 1634, sing backstage in Oberammergau, Germany, July 12, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Angelika Warmuth-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

The director of Germany’s infamous Passion Play takes its antisemitic stereotypes by the horns

by Toby Axelrod and JTA August 18, 2022August 19, 2022

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