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Jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen
Posted inMusic

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.
Posted inPodcasts

‘Spirit in Nature’: New Jewish ‘doing’ podcast fosters appreciation for nature

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 18, 2022March 18, 2022
Throughout research for her book, Friedman learned about how movement improved women’s physical and mental health and well-being and contributed to their confidence, independence, self-worth, happiness, and ability to be active participants in their own lives even as they grew older. (Photo/Courtesy Jazzercise)
Posted inCulture

How Jewish women pioneered the fitness movement

by Stav Ziv and Forward March 18, 2022
View of Market Square in Lviv, Ukraine
Posted inCulture

Jewish writers from former Soviet Union watch war with fear and recognition

by Irene Katz Connelly and Forward March 17, 2022
Irish author John Boyne's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" has been heavily criticized by Holocaust historians and educators in the years since its release. (Paul Faith - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Posted inBooks

‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,’ Holocaust novel decried for inaccuracies, is getting a sequel

by Andrew Lapin and JTA March 16, 2022
Noa Koler (left) as store manager Shira and Keren Mor as cashier Kochava in "Checkout." (Photo/Shani Sadicario)
Posted inTV

Israeli sitcom ‘Checkout’ is slice-of-life inside a supermarket

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 15, 2022
From the cover of “The Murders of Moisés Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America” by Javier Sinay
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘The Murders of Moisés Ville:’ A Jewish disaster in 19th-century Argentina

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 14, 2022July 20, 2022
Screenshot from "The Levys of Monticello," streaming this month as part of the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

‘The Levys of Monticello’: S.F. filmmaker tells story of the Jewish family who saved Jefferson’s estate

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 11, 2022March 11, 2022

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