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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
Carey Mulligan (left) as Megan Twohey and Zoe Kazan as Jodi Kantor in "She Said." (Photo/JoJo Whilden-Universal Pictures)
Posted inUncategorized

Q&A: Journalist Jodi Kantor, whose Weinstein reporting stars in ‘She Said,’ will speak in Palo Alto

Sarah Rosen by Sarah Rosen and JTA November 22, 2022
A crowd of Black women of all ages wearing white robes raise their hands in the air
Posted inReligion

Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd gets a boost in the U.S. with picture books and new resources

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA November 22, 2022
Posters advertising a Netflix special by Dave Chappelle line a wall in Midtown Manhattan, April 2017. (Photo/JTA-Brecht Bug-Flickr Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Comedians are just as capable of antisemitic incitement as political figures. So let’s take Dave Chappelle seriously.

MaNishtana by MaNishtana and JTA November 21, 2022November 22, 2022
Toby (Jesse Eisenberg, center) stars in “Fleishman is in Trouble.” (Photo/FX Studios)
Posted inTV

‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ — but in this show, so is everyone else

Talya Zax by Irene Katz Connelly, Talya Zax and Forward November 21, 2022November 21, 2022
Hannah Weisman is the new executive director of the Magnes Collection. (Photo/Ryuji Suzuki)
Posted inArt

Magnes Collection appoints Hannah Weisman as new executive director

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 21, 2022November 22, 2022
Dani Shapiro is the author of "Signal Fires: A Novel." (Photo/Beowulf Sheehan)
Posted inBooks

New novel from ‘Family Secrets’ podcast host explores aftermath of tragedy

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 17, 2022January 11, 2023
Screenshot from the movie: a teenage boy inspects a strip of film under a magnifying glass
Posted inTV & Film

‘The Fabelmans’: Steven Spielberg’s long ride down memory lane is a Jewish boy’s dream movie — literally

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward November 17, 2022November 17, 2022
Chappelle on stage with a microphone
Posted inComedy

Dave Chappelle got one thing right in his infamous SNL monologue

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward November 16, 2022

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