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Julia Haart at her desk. (Photo/Courtesy of Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

They hate to see a girlboss getting divorced: ‘My Unorthodox Life’ is back

by Irene Katz Connelly and Forward December 2, 2022
John Boyne, author of the Holocaust novel "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" and its sequel "All the Broken Places." (Photos/JTA-Rich Gilligan-Courtesy of Penguin Random House)
Posted inBooks

The sequel to the Holocaust novel ‘Boy in the Striped Pajamas’ is here. Its author has no regrets.

by Andrew Lapin and JTA December 1, 2022
The current iteration of Kitka, whose 'Wintersong' repertoire will include some Jewish music. (Photo/Vincent Louis Carrella)
Posted inMusic

Klezmatics, Nefesh Mountain, ‘Jewish Christmas Spectacular’ and more Hanukkah-themed concerts

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert December 1, 2022December 1, 2022
collage of several standup comedians
Posted inComedy

Deeply Jewish comedy is having a moment, even as antisemitism rocks pop culture

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA November 30, 2022
black and white photo of a woman on stage with a microphone
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

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