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Joey Soloway, creator of the TV series "Transparent," speaks onstage during an Equality California event at in Los Angeles, Sept. 28, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Matt Winkelmeyer/-Getty Images for Equality California)
Posted inCulture

Arts org Reboot is funding Jewish projects with Joey Soloway, Adam Mansbach and other creators

by Andrew Lapin and JTA July 1, 2022
A Hebrew-language ad for Netflix's hit alt-history romance series "Bridgerton."
Posted inOpinion

Where is the Jewish ‘Bridgerton’? We need period pieces where Jews aren’t the victims.

Nesya Lieberman by Nesya Lieberman July 1, 2022July 1, 2022
HaZamir singers at the 2016 gala concert at Carnegie Hall.
Posted inMusic

HaZamir, the international Jewish choir, seeks teen singers for East Bay chapter

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 30, 2022June 30, 2022
"My Name Is Andrea," a documentary about feminist writer Andrea Dworkin, will be shown at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inFilm

Bernstein, Dworkin, Ken Burns: San Francisco Jewish film fest lineup teems with cultural icons

by Michael Fox June 28, 2022July 13, 2022
The iconic song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen — seen here with a feline friend — is the subject of a new documentary opening soon in the Bay Area. (Photo/Graeme Mitchell-Redux)
Posted inCultured

Hot Jewish Summer: Yiddish album and ‘Hallelujah’ doc will strike a chord

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 21, 2022June 22, 2022
(From left) Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini AKA the El-Salomons. (Photo/Mike Bryk)
Posted inComedy

Married Jewish-Palestinian lesbian comedy duo brings ‘one-bed solution’ to Peninsula

by Dan Pine June 20, 2022June 28, 2022
Cooper Raiff as a bar/bat mitzvah "motivational dancer" in “Cha Cha Real Smooth.” (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Apple)
Posted inCulture

Is ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ the first good bar/bat mitzvah movie?

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 17, 2022June 17, 2022
The Last Supper, which some believe was a Passover meal, as seen in the current iteration of the Oberammergau Passion Play. (Photo/Courtesy Oberammergau Passion Play 2022)
Posted inOpinion

The Oberammergau Passion Play once stoked antisemitism. A revised version strives to be less inflammatory

Miriam Zimmerman by Miriam Zimmerman June 17, 2022June 23, 2022
Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer, the hazzan at The Kitchen, is the driving force behind the independent San Francisco congregation's new album, "Shabbat in The Kitchen."
Posted inMusic

New album serves up what’s been cooking at The Kitchen

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert June 15, 2022June 22, 2022
Steph Curry wearing a hoodie adorned with Hebrew prior to Game 4 of the NBA Finals, June 10, 2022. (Photo/Twitter-@2974Collection)
Posted inSports

The scoop on Steph Curry’s Hebrew hoodie at Game 4

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher June 15, 2022June 17, 2022

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