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David Harbour in a scene from season four of "Stranger Things." (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inTV

Season 4 of Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ filmed in a Lithuanian prison where Nazis jailed Jews

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA May 30, 2022May 27, 2022
Author and conspiracy theory expert Mike Rothschild (Photo/JTA-Courtesy)
Posted inBooks

A Rothschild who debunks conspiracy theories and writes about Jewish space lasers

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA May 26, 2022May 26, 2022
"Drag gave me a space to let out this other side of myself," says Brock Uhl, whose drag persona is named Anastasia.
Posted inOn Stage

Pleasanton teen Brock Uhl (AKA ‘Anastasia’) brings drag shows to suburban East Bay

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 24, 2022May 27, 2022
two pics: first, a headshot of Imhoff, a smiling white woman; second, the cover of the book
Posted inBooks

New book: A ‘Queer, Disabled’ early Zionist illustrates ‘roads not taken’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA May 24, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Mar. 12, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Emin Sansar-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Volodymyr Zelensky, Mila Kunis, Zoë Kravitz among Jews on this year’s Time 100 list

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 24, 2022May 24, 2022
Tunisian Jewish boxer Victor Perez (left) is featured on the new podcast "Holocaust Histories." (Photo/JTA-Jeff Dickson-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

A new podcast chronicles the little-known stories of boxers from the Holocaust era

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA May 23, 2022
Musician John Schott is the mind behind an upcoming all-night rendition of "'Round Midnight." (Photo/Cookie Segelstein)
Posted inMusic

Theolonious Monk’s masterpiece becomes an all-night Shavuot musical meditation

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert May 23, 2022May 24, 2022
Zachary Noah Piser is taking over the role of Evan Hansen on Broadway full-time, becoming the first Asian American actor to do so. (Photo/JTA-Matthew Murphy)
Posted inTheater

Broadway’s new ‘Evan Hansen’ is an Asian-American Jew with mohel parents

by Evelyn Frick and Hey Alma May 19, 2022May 23, 2022
Heather Klein in front of the display about her grandmother, Rose Klein, at the Angel Island Immigration Museum. (Photo/Courtesy Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation)
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Jewish immigrant story part of new museum on Angel Island, ‘Ellis Island of the West’

Larry Sokoloff by Larry Sokoloff May 18, 2022May 19, 2022
"Transkids" follows the gender transitions of four Jewish Israeli teens. (Photo/Ohad Romano)
Posted inFilm

‘Transkids,’ Israeli documentary about transgender teens, gets virtual screening

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 16, 2022May 18, 2022

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