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David Strathairn as Jan Karski in "Remember This," which premieres July 24 as part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Jeff Hutchens)
Posted inCulture

S.F. Jewish Film Fest: David Strathairn delivers ‘tour de force’ performance in austere ‘Remember This’

by Dan Pine July 13, 2022July 25, 2022
close up photo of an Emmy Award
Posted inUncategorized

Julia Garner’s dual nominations and Levinson clan kudos promise a pretty Jewish Emmys

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward July 12, 2022July 13, 2022
Carmel Tanaka meets with Bay Area Jewpanese families participating in her oral history project: (from left) Daniel Raskin, Kayoko Yokoyama, Tanaka, Kristin Eriko Posner and Bryan Posner. (Photo/Courtesy Tanaka)
Posted inFilm

Growing ‘Jewpanese’ identity comes through in new oral history project

by Emma Goss July 12, 2022July 13, 2022
an illustration of a tall hotel flanked by palm trees, with a dumpster in front
Posted inOff the Shelf

Looking for a case to crack? Try these new Jewish-themed mystery novels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 12, 2022July 20, 2022
Nina Gordon-Kirsch in front of aqueducts in Antioch, which she passed on July 5, a week into her walk.
Posted inFilm

Jewish ‘water warrior’ walks 200 miles to trace the East Bay’s water source

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene July 11, 2022July 19, 2022
Leonard Bernstein
(Photo/Courtesy Jewish Film Institute)
Posted inCulture

S.F. Jewish Film Fest: How Leonard Bernstein embraced his Jewishness — and changed the world

by Julia M. Klein and Forward July 11, 2022July 26, 2022
James Caan stands under casino lights in a scene from the 1974 film "The Gambler." (Photo/JTA-Paramount-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

James Caan, Jewish movie star known for tough guy roles, dead at 82

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA July 8, 2022July 8, 2022
Dean MacDonald in his San Francisco studio
Posted inCulture

Artist Dean MacDonald’s reimagined mezuzahs go beyond the doorframe

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene July 8, 2022July 8, 2022
Tourists enter the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, Jan. 28, 2020. (Photo/New York Jewish Week)
Posted inBooks

A writer faces his demons — and history’s — on a guided tour of Holocaust sites

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and Jewish Week July 7, 2022
Rabbi Gershon Albert of Oakland's Beth Jacob Congregation wrote the tune for a new single from the hipster Hasid duo Zusha.
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New single from hipster Hasid band Zusha features tune by Oakland’s Rabbi Gershon Albert

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 7, 2022July 7, 2022

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