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Kate Goldstein-Breyer "interviews" her daughter Annabel on stage at the Sydney Goldstein Theater before a City Arts & Lectures event.
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: She picked up City Arts & Lectures where her mom left off

by Liz Harris December 29, 2022
Inventor Eddy Goldfarb is the subject of "Eddy's World," a documentary  in the 2023 Legacy Film Festival on Aging.
Posted inTV & Film

Legacy Film Festival spotlights ups and downs of elderly Jews

by Liz Harris December 27, 2022December 30, 2022
A new podcast from the Shalom Hartman Institute follows ex-Orthodox Jews. (Graphic/Forward-Courtesy Shalom Hartman Institute)
Posted inUncategorized

New podcast changes narrative on Jews who leave the Hasidic world

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward December 23, 2022
Covers of "ParshaNut" and "Dirshuni"
Posted inBooks

Unconventional Torah commentaries add valuable perspectives to the mix

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 22, 2022December 23, 2022
Rachel Brosnahan in the fourth season of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."
Posted inTV & Film

From Maisels to Bergsteins, Jews thrived on TV in 2022

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz December 21, 2022December 21, 2022
Emunah Posner Minami
Posted inMusic

Sixth-grade synagogue singer belts out anthem at Santa Cruz Warriors game

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 20, 2022December 20, 2022
The Ramaz Chamber Choir on location during a video shoot. (Photo/Courtesy of Ramaz Chamber Choir-WIWU Productions)
Posted inCulture

What happened to all the women in all those a cappella Hanukkah videos?

by Stav Ziv and Forward December 19, 2022
Saul Bellow on the first edition of "Herzog." (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBooks

To know what Saul Bellow thinks of cancel culture, read his work (or watch this film)

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward December 16, 2022
Shoshi the ox refuses to work on the Sabbath in "Shoshi's Shabbat" by Caryn Yacowitz.
Posted inColumns

‘Shoshi’s Shabbat’ and ‘The Peddler’s Gift’: Children’s books by local authors celebrate Jewish values

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 15, 2022December 16, 2022
a woman in a sparkly dress sings on stage
Posted inFilm

Disney+ doc traces Idina Menzel’s rise, from the bat mitzvah circuit to Broadway

by Stephen Silver and JTA December 12, 2022

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