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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
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

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