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Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner speaking at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in DC, June 19, 2017 (Photo/ JTA-Getty Images-Chip Somodevilla)
Posted inUncategorized

Jared Kushner’s memoir is all about forgiveness — but he’s not asking for ours

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward August 25, 2022August 25, 2022
Omer Friedlander is the author of the short story collection "The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land." (Photo/Yam Traiber)
Posted inBooks

Debut short-story collection by young Israeli writer is One Bay One Book choice 

by Sue Fishkoff August 25, 2022November 7, 2022
Andy Borowitz will discuss his new book of political satire, "Profiles in Ignorance," in San Francisco, Sept. 17, 2022. (Photo/Howard Schatz)
Posted inBooks

Political satirist Andy Borowitz heads to San Francisco to preach to the choir

by Dan Pine August 24, 2022November 7, 2022
From the cover “When Rabbis Abuse: Power, Gender, and Status in the Dynamics of Sexual Abuse in Jewish Culture” by Elana Sztokman
Posted inOff the Shelf

New books shine light on sexual abuse in Jewish world

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 23, 2022August 24, 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
A Shabbat service at Urban Adamah in 2017. (Photo/File)
Posted inMusic

Berkeley Jewish music retreat will be ‘a mini university’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 22, 2022August 26, 2022
Dana Bash, a correspondent and anchor on CNN. (Photo/JTA-CNN-HBO Max)
Posted inNews

Dana Bash says her new CNN special on antisemitism is ‘one of the most important things I’ve ever done’

by Andrew Lapin and JTA August 22, 2022
Abbi Jacobson (right) in "A League of Their Own" on Amazon.
Posted inCulture

In ‘A League of Their Own,’ queer representation is a home run. But Jewish representation leaves much to be desired

Nora Berman by Nora Berman and Forward August 19, 2022
Background illustration by Josh Baum, from "Malkah's Notebook"
Posted inAuthor! Author!

Children’s books by local Jewish authors educate and delight

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 19, 2022July 23, 2024
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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