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Man wearing mask signs books
Posted inBooks

On book tour, novelist Gary Shteyngart is happy to be out of the house

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 12, 2021November 17, 2021
Za’atar kebabs with vegetables from “52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen” by Faith Kramer. (Photo/Clara Rice)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

‘52 Shabbats’: Our columnist’s cookbook takes you around the world for a year of Friday night dinners

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 12, 2021March 15, 2022
Dean Stockwell in his iconic role as Al in "Quantum Leap." (Photo/NBC Universal)
Posted inFilm

How Dean Stockwell, dead at 85, fought antisemitism and inspired Jewish moviegoers

by Benjamin Ivry and Forward November 10, 2021
Brian Epstein riding a horse at his 30th birthday party. (Photo/JTA-Ron Joy-Belle Schwartz Estate)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Brian Epstein gets a statue; Omar Sharif goes to Israel; Scarlett Johansson settles with Disney; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 10, 2021November 10, 2021
A new parodic take on the classic "Frog and Toad" children's books is illustrated by Ellie Hajdu.
Posted inCulture

With ‘Frog and Toad’ parody, Oakland puppet designer is ‘Doing Her Best’

by John Ferrannini November 9, 2021November 10, 2021
Adrien Brody in Season 3, Episode 4 of "Succession." (Photo/Macall B. Polay-HBO)
Posted inTV & Film

Adrien Brody brings a Jewish character — and antisemitism — to HBO’s ‘Succession’

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA November 9, 2021February 13, 2023
Scholar, blues guitarist and cantorial scion Jeremiah Lockwood's new album is “A Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood’s Guitar Soli Hanukkah Album.”
Posted inMusic

Jeremiah Lockwood’s new ‘Great Miracle’ album embraces Hanukkah nostalgia, sans shlock

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 5, 2021December 3, 2025
American-born Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League, in Jerusalem (Photo/JTA-David H. Wells-Corbis via Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

How Meir Kahane’s extremist ideas entered the Jewish mainstream

by Emily Burack and JTA November 5, 2021
The Silversteins (from left: Joshua, Ami, Laila, Shel and Cinthya) outside of their Los Angeles home. (Photo/Casey Durkin/NBC)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Home Sweet Home’: Multiracial Jewish family swaps lives with Mormons in Ava DuVernay-helmed docuseries

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 4, 2021November 4, 2021
(Illustration/Forward-Nikki Casey)
Posted inUncategorized

I went 26 years without watching ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ My first viewing was underwhelming — until it wasn’t

by Irene Katz Connelly and Forward November 4, 2021

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