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Patients lay in beds in the “Syndrome K” unit at Fatebenefratelli Hospital. (Photo/JTA-“Syndrome K”-Freestyle Digital Media)
Posted inCulture

To save Jews and keep the Nazis away, these doctors invented a fake infectious disease

by Stephen Silver and JTA August 12, 2022August 12, 2022
“The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land,” by Graciela Mochkofsky, traces the saga of a group of Peruvian Jews.
Posted inBooks

An unlikely mass conversion in Peru gets a closer look in new book about ‘Inca Jews’

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA August 11, 2022August 12, 2022
Elana Dykewomon (Photo/Jane Tyska)
Posted inObituaries

Activist-writer Elana Dykewomon dies, just as her first play debuts

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 9, 2022August 17, 2022
Tom Sturridge as Dream with his very powerful and important bag of sand and gas mask thing in "Sandman. "(Photo/Forward-Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV

Judaism, mythology and God knows what else haunt the dreams of Netflix’s ‘Sandman’

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward August 9, 2022August 9, 2022
Elliot Glazer and Judy Gold in an episode of "2 Jews Choose."
Posted inComedy

‘Jewish or goyish’ makes comeback in web series ‘2 Jews Choose’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz August 8, 2022August 9, 2022
Steve Carell plays a therapist named Alan Strauss in the FX series "The Patient."
Posted inTV & Film

Creators of Hulu’s ‘The Patient’ defend casting Steve Carell as Jewish therapist in latest ‘Jewface’ flare-up

Caleb A. Guedes-Reed by Caleb Guedes-Reed and Forward August 5, 2022August 5, 2022
In Walter Tejblum’s "Shalom Taiwan," a rabbi takes drastic measures to save his synagogue from financial ruin. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Outsider Pictures)
Posted inTV & Film

From Argentina, a surprisingly delightful movie about a rabbi in Taiwan

by Simi Horowitz and Forward August 3, 2022August 3, 2022
Michael Twitty is the author and historian behind the books "Cooking Gene" and "Koshersoul." (Photo/Bret Harman)
Posted inUncategorized

Culinary historian and ‘Koshersoul’ author Michael Twitty coming to JCCSF

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 2, 2022August 15, 2022
Eugenio Pacelli’s coronation as Pope Pius XII on March 12, 1939.
Posted inBooks

‘The Pope at War’: A new book explains Pius XII’s silence during the Shoah — but does not excuse it

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward August 2, 2022August 2, 2022
"Yosi, the Regretful Spy" tells the story of an Argentine intelligence officer's undercover mission into the Jewish community of Buenos Aires and the conspiracy he uncovers. (Photo/Courtesy Amazon Prime Video)
Posted inTV & Film

The real story behind ‘Yosi, the Regretful Spy,’ the Amazon drama about terror and espionage in Argentina’s Jewish community

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 1, 2022August 1, 2022

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