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Can an all-Mormon cast pull off ‘Fiddler on the Roof’? I went to Utah to find out.

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward April 12, 2022
Amy Schumer stars as Beth (left) and Laura Benanti plays her mother, Jane, in "Life & Beth." (Photo/RNS-Marcus Price-Hulu)
Posted inFirst Person

Amy Schumer is more Jewish than her new show is willing to admit

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS April 12, 2022
From the cover of "Useful Junk" by Erika Meitner
Posted inOff the Shelf

Three new poetry books to savor during National Poetry Month

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 12, 2022July 20, 2022
(From left) Dor Gvirtsman, Aleeza Chanowitz, Marnina Schon and Tomer Machloof in "Chanshi." (Photo/Vered Adir, HOT)
Posted inTV & Film

Bay Area-raised actors join Henry Winkler in Israeli comedy ‘Chanshi’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 11, 2022April 12, 2022
Ethiopian Israeli singer Rudi Bainesain will perform at Israel's S.F. consulate's Yom HaAtzmaut gala.
Posted inCulture

S.F. Israeli Consulate spotlights Ethiopian Israeli success stories

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 11, 2022May 2, 2022
From “Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation” by Liana Finck
Posted inComics

Cartoonist Liana Finck on rewriting Genesis, God as a woman and why Abraham feels like a Philip Roth character

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward April 11, 2022
"Black Flowers" introduces audiences to five Israeli artists who were children during the Holocaust. (Photo/Courtesy Tammy Federman)
Posted inCulture

Sonoma Israeli Film Festival spotlights healing power of art

by Michael Fox April 8, 2022April 8, 2022
From left: Actors Simon Helberg, Candice Bergen, Dustin Hoffman, writer-director Mayim Bialik and actor Dianna Agron on the set of Bialik's feature directorial debut, "As They Made Us." (Photo/JTA-Screen Media)
Posted inCulture

‘As They Made Us’: Mayim Bialik assembles a very Jewish cast in her directorial debut

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 8, 2022April 8, 2022
Sophia Zohar AKA Maimonides Nutz wearing some of her own line of apparel. (Photo/Ryan Boyd)
Posted inFashion

Artist ‘Maimonides Nutz’ spins Talmud into social media gold

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 7, 2022April 12, 2022
Joc Pederson practices with his new team. (Photo/©S.F. Giants)
Posted inSports

All the Jewish Major League Baseball players we’ll see in 2022

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA April 7, 2022

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