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A scene from the Yiddish version of "Waiting for Godot" staged at Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm, Nov. 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Magnus Swärd-Judisk kultur i Sverige)
Posted inCulture

Sweden’s national theater stages its first ever Yiddish production

by Katarzyna Andersz and JTA November 22, 2021November 22, 2021
Paul "Sexiest Man Alive" Rudd in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Paul Rudd is sexy; Batsheva Haart is separated; Carole King is crowned; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 22, 2021
Paul Rudd (left) and Will Ferrell in "The Shrink Next Door."
Posted inTV & Film

Overanalyzing ‘The Shrink Next Door,’ Apple TV’s extremely Jewish new series

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz November 19, 2021November 19, 2021
Ilker Kiliç (left) as Mordo and Asude Kalebek as Raşel in "The Club." (Photo/JTA-Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

Netflix’s ‘The Club’ shatters taboos with rare historical portrait of Turkish Jews

by David I. Klein and JTA November 18, 2021November 18, 2021
a middle aged woman directs to younger dancers
Posted inBay Area

‘Cash improves lives’: In S.F., Black-Jewish group embraces guaranteed income programs

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 18, 2021November 19, 2021
From the cover of Rutu Modan's new graphic novel, "Tunnels."
Posted inCulture

Dig into Jerusalem’s subterranean history with new nonfiction and graphic novel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 18, 2021November 23, 2021
Gabe Kapler looks on during a game at Oracle Park in San Francisco. (Photo/JTA-Lachlan Cunningham-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Gabe Kapler wins top baseball manager award after historic season

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA November 17, 2021
Detail from “Yiddish Cosmos,” 2018, prints on paper by Yevgeniy Fiks
Posted inCulture

Little-known L.A. museum puts the saga of Soviet Jewry on display

by Tom Teicholz and Forward November 16, 2021
A panel from Bernard Zakheim's expansive WPA murals on medical history in UCSF's Toland Hall auditorium; Zakheim working on the mural in 1937. (Photos/UCSF Archives and Special Collections)
Posted inArt

Saved from destruction, UCSF’s Zakheim murals are moved to storage

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 15, 2021November 21, 2021
"Wheatstacks," a Van Gogh watercolor stolen by the Nazis, was sold at auction by Christie's in New York Thursday for $35.9 million. (Photo/Christie's)
Posted inCulture

Van Gogh painting stolen from Rothschild by Nazis sells for over $35 million, breaking record

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 15, 2021

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