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Brosnahan as the titular Marvelous Mrs. Maisel doing stanup comedy
Posted inTV & Film

How ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ undercuts its own feminist and Jewish identity

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward March 29, 2022
Audrey Hepburn at Horn & Hardart, an automat chain that is the subject of the documentary "The Automat."
Posted inFilm

‘The Automat’ documentary with Mel Brooks and RBG opens; Celebrating Italian Jewish food; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 29, 2022March 30, 2022
David Biale and Rachel Biale in April 1972
Posted inBooks

‘Aerograms’: An American-Israeli love story, told in 258 letters

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 28, 2022July 20, 2022
The cast of "CODA" hold their award for Best Picture in the press room during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Frederic J. Brown-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Oscars 2022: the most memorable Jewish moments

by Andrew Lapin and JTA March 28, 2022March 29, 2022
Alice Walker at the "The Color Purple" Broadway opening night in New York City, Dec. 10, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Mark Sagliocco-Getty Images)
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Alice Walker, author who has courted controversy about Jews, disinvited by Bay Area Book Festival

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 25, 2022February 12, 2024
Yael Bridge is the director of "The Big Scary 'S' Word" and forthcoming documentary on the Jews of Cuba.
Posted inTV & Film

‘The Big Scary ‘S’ Word’: Oakland filmmaker taps into zeitgeist with socialism documentary

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 25, 2022March 30, 2022
Jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen
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After hunkering down in Brazil, jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen brings a taste of Rio to S.F.

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert March 24, 2022March 24, 2022
Roman Vishniac holding the cover image of his book, "A Vanished World," New York, 1982. (Photo/The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Magnes receives $1 million gift for Vishniac archive project

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
An Israeli filmmaker named Y (Avshalom Pollak) makes a series of radical decisions in the movie "Ahed's Knee," written and directed by Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid. (Photo/Courtesy Kino Lorber)
Posted inCulture

‘Ahed’s Knee’: Fictional director does battle with Israel’s culture ministry in provocative new film

by Andrew Lapin and JTA March 22, 2022March 22, 2022
"Spirit in Nature" episodes are available for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and other platforms.
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‘Spirit in Nature’: New Jewish ‘doing’ podcast fosters appreciation for nature

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 18, 2022March 18, 2022

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