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Dancers rehearse choreographer Alyssa Mitchel’s “Here. Now.” outside the Exploratorium in San Francisco. (Photo/Kyle Adler)
Posted inCultured

Ready, set, play! Bay Area in-person performances mark a step back to normal.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 26, 2021October 28, 2021
French President Emmanuel Macron (third from right) visits the Dreyfus Museum in Médan near Paris, Oct. 26, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ludovic Marin-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

The Alfred Dreyfus affair shocked Jews in France. Now there’s a museum devoted to it.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 26, 2021October 26, 2021
The three Jewish stars of the 2021 World Series, from left: Joc Pederson, Max Fried and Alex Bregman. (Photos/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

3 Jewish baseball players could make or break the 2021 World Series

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA October 26, 2021October 26, 2021
Jon Hamm and Larry David discuss Yiddish words during the first episode of Season 11 of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." (Screenshot from HBO)
Posted inTV

Larry David gives Jon Hamm a Yiddish lesson in very Jewish start to new season of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA October 25, 2021
Zack Bodner speaks during a book launch event at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo/Saul Bromberger)
Posted inReligion

In new book, Palo Alto JCC boss wants you to ‘do Jewish’

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 25, 2021October 27, 2021
Benicio del Toro (center) as painter Moses Rosenthaler, and Léa Seydoux (right) as the prison guard Simone in "The French Dispatch." (Photo/Searchlight Pictures)
Posted inTV & Film

‘The French Dispatch’ is Wes Anderson’s most Jewish film yet

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA October 22, 2021
Kate Wang at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. (Photo/Sandro Halank)
Posted inDance

Ice-skating fundraiser to support ‘HairToStay’ for low-income cancer patients

by J. Staff October 22, 2021October 22, 2021
Howard Mortman is the author of "When Rabbis Bless Congress"
Posted inBooks

New book: Meet the 441 rabbis of the U.S. Congress

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller October 21, 2021October 22, 2021
From the cover of “Jerusalem Beach: Stories” by Iddo Gefen
Posted inOff the Shelf

New short story collections: Imaginative fairy tales and affecting Israeli tales

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 20, 2021
From "Giraffada," one of the Palestinian films newly available on Netflix.
Posted inTV & Film

On Netflix and elsewhere, new collections of Palestinian and Israeli films are now available for streaming

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 19, 2021October 20, 2021

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