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Actor Kathryn Hahn as Rabbi Raquel Fein on “Transparent.” (Photo/Amazon Prime)
Posted inOpinion

No, Jewish characters do not need to be played by Jewish actors

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS November 4, 2021
A white card reads: "What do you fear is more harmful to Jews in the 2020s? A. The patriarchy. B. The cost of Jewish education. C. Taking the Pew Report seriously. D. Chocolate hummus."
Posted inHanukkah

Test your Jewish cred in new party game Jewish Card Revoked

by Dan Pine November 3, 2021November 10, 2021
Dave Pell calls himself "Managing Editor of the Internet." (Photo/Adam Moore)
Posted inBooks

‘Please Scream’: New book revisits 2020’s collective nervous breakdown

by J. Staff November 2, 2021November 2, 2021
A view of "Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art" at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan, Oct. 10, 2021. (Photo/JTA-New York Jewish Week)
Posted inOpinion

How to talk about Nazi-looted art — and how not to: An exchange

Ben Sales by Andrew Silow-Carroll, Ben Sales and JTA November 1, 2021
Artist Judy Chicago at her "A Birthday Bouquet For Belen" installation in 2019. (Photo/Forward-Donald Woodman-Artists Rights Society NY)
Posted inCulture

Feminist icon Judy Chicago gets first retrospective at de Young and a new autobiography

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward November 1, 2021November 3, 2021
Peter Stein’s official “Jeopardy!” portrait. (Photo/Courtesy Jeopardy! Productions)
Posted inTV & Film

Bay Area filmmaker Peter Stein smiles his way through ‘Jeopardy!’

by Sue Fishkoff October 29, 2021October 29, 2021
A shot of the golem and a little girl with a flower, seen here as it appears on the poster for "The Golem Rescored," was famously copied in the 1931 “Frankenstein” film.
Posted inCulture

Reanimating ‘The Golem,’ horror cinema’s century-old urtext, just in time for Halloween

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 28, 2021October 28, 2021
Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in "Dune."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Timothée Chalamet goes to space; Zoë Kravitz goes to Gotham; The Jews go to the ‘Jewish Nobels’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 27, 2021
Mila Kunis on a film set in New York City, Aug. 29, 2021. (Photo/JTA-MEGA-Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Mila Kunis, Neil Patrick Harris, Helen Mirren and over 200 other celebrities sign letter denouncing cultural boycott of Israel

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 27, 2021
Mort Sahl in 1960. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Mort Sahl, Jewish comedian and political satirist who inspired the likes of Lenny Bruce, dies at 94 in Mill Valley

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 27, 2021

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