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There’s no prize money for winning "Great Australian Bake Off," just flowers and “quite a nice cake plate” that Rossanis said she has hidden so her children don’t smash it. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Rossanis)
Posted inTV

She won ‘The Great Australian Bake Off’ — with kosher boob cakes

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
Tom Cruise at a "Top Gun: Maverick" premier at Leicester Square in London, May 19, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Neil Mockford-FilmMagic via Getty Images)
Posted inFilm

Israeli heirs to the ‘Top Gun’ story sue Paramount for copyright infringement

by Madeline Fixler and JTA June 7, 2022
The three Torahs in the center are decked out in the covers Congregation Sinai commissioned from artist April Berger.
Posted inCulture

San Francisco artist April Berger leans into Judaica with Torah covers project

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 6, 2022June 8, 2022
This 1994 photo, "Kindred Spirits," took on a life of its own in the years after Chloe Sherman took it. (Photo/Chloe Sherman)
Posted inPhotography

Iconic Jewish lesbian image in new exhibit of ’90s San Francisco photos

by Heather Cassell June 3, 2022June 13, 2022
Leo Ash Evens, center in tallit, plays Jewish immigrant Tateh and Sydney Walker Freeman, on his right, plays his daughter in a TheatreWorks Silicon Valley production of “Ragtime.” (Photo/Kevin Berne)
Posted inTheater

‘Ragtime’ in Mountain View puts spotlight on Jewish characters (and actors)

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 2, 2022June 8, 2022
Eric Salitsky at the Cadet Interfaith Center on the campus of West Point, which was one of the stops on his 2019 tour of multifaith spaces in North America and Europe. (Photo/Tamara Cohen)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish architect Eric Salitsky’s memorial gifts benefit Oakland ‘Designing Justice’ firm

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 2, 2022May 14, 2024
Poster for "The House on Chelouche Street"
Posted inTV & Film

Liked ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’? Here are 7 other movies and shows that feature Ladino.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 2, 2022June 2, 2022
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein on the set of "Maestro." (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

Netflix releases photos of Bradley Cooper wearing prosthetic nose to portray Leonard Bernstein, reigniting Jewish representation debate

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 1, 2022June 1, 2022
Corey Brady and Tristan Ching Hartmann rehearse "Global Moves," the 50th anniversary performance of Margaret Jenkins Dance Company at Presidio Theatre, June 16-19, 2022. (Photo/Kegan Marling)
Posted inCulture

Margaret Jenkins looks back on 50 years of pioneering modern dance

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 1, 2022June 8, 2022
A wall at ANU—Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv honors Jewish literary greats. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Silow-Carroll)
Posted inCulture

What is a Jew? Israel’s renovated Diaspora museum attempts a three-story answer.

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA May 31, 2022

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