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Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and artists
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In Rabbi Angela Buchdahl’s story, local Jews of color find hope

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 1, 2025December 1, 2025
Isaac Zones and Shamati are featured on J.'s Spotify list for Hanukkah. (Courtesy)
Posted inHanukkah

25 songs from local musicians to light up your Hanukkah nights

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 1, 2025December 10, 2025
Collage of Traitors Circle images
Posted inBooks

They had status, safety and power — and still chose to defy Hitler

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 28, 2025November 28, 2025
Yoav Potash films Aaron Tartakovsky outside Gniewoszów City Hall in June 2017 for the film "Among Neighbors." (Sue Barnett/J. Staff)
Posted inFilm

Polish leaders attack Berkeley filmmaker’s Holocaust doc, open inquiry

by Sue Fishkoff November 26, 2025December 9, 2025
At left is Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in "Wicked." At right is the Jewish poet Süßkind von Trimberg, depicted wearing a Jewish hat in the 14th-century Codex Manesse.
Posted inTorah

What ‘Wicked’ and the Talmud say about Jewish headwear

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein November 26, 2025November 26, 2025
Vibrant collection of books on shelves for reading, research, and education.
Posted inBooks

This graphic anthology wants to expand how we see Jewishness around the world

by Olivia Haynie November 25, 2025November 25, 2025
Headquarters of European Broadcasting Union
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Eurovision announces new voting measures after allegations of Israeli interference

by Grace Gilson November 24, 2025November 24, 2025
Fred Brill
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Monthly ‘story slam’ in S.F. opens the door to ‘The Jew in You’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 20, 2025November 21, 2025
Artist Ronit Shalem (left) with her artwork “I am CHANGE.” (Hillary Goidell)
Posted inArt

Wildfires, tides, landlines: A Jewish artists’ laboratory grapples with change

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz November 19, 2025December 15, 2025
Anat Cohen (Rodrigo Lopes)
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Israeli jazz musician Anat Cohen will swing by SFJAZZ for a 50th birthday show

by J. Staff November 19, 2025November 24, 2025

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