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The two Annes go head to head. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Adi Eshman)
Posted inFilm

SFJFF: What happens if a Black non-Jewish woman plays Anne Frank?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward June 10, 2022July 25, 2022
Jack Weinstock can be seen in Circus Bella's new show, "Flip * Flop * Fly." (Photo/Courtesy Weinstock)
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: A ‘little baby clown’ who loves to spread joy around the Bay

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 10, 2022June 13, 2022
A shot of two of the children’s tattoos in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Posted inTV & Film

‘Stranger Things’ fans deny their tattoos evoke the Holocaust — but it’s a growing trend.

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward June 9, 2022June 9, 2022
Two new books by Judith Gottesman
Posted inBooks

Jump back into the dating pool with 2 books by Bay Area matchmaker

by J. Staff June 9, 2022July 20, 2022
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

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