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Loolwa Khazzoom (center) with bandmates Sean Sebastian (left) and Robbie Morsehead (right). (Photo/Ettie Wahl)
Posted inUncategorized

S.F.-raised musician Loolwa Khazzoom blends punk with ancient Jewish Iraqi melodies

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert September 17, 2021September 17, 2021
The author's grandmother’s French residence permit from 1914 includes a spelling of her husband’s original name, Karolchouk, before he and his brothers changed it to Carroll.
Posted inBooks

No one lost their Jewish last name at Ellis Island. But we gained a safe haven.

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA September 15, 2021
Drawing of house
Posted inArt

Oakland illustrator helps locals remember homes lost in wildfires

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 15, 2021September 15, 2021
From the cover of “Recipe for Disaster” by Aimee Lucido
Posted inAuthor! Author!

‘Recipe for Disaster’: New middle-grade title gets a ‘Book Mitzvah’ debut event

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 14, 2021July 23, 2024
Tiffany Haddish performs in her Netflix stand-up special “Black Mitzvah.” (Photo/Netflix)
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Jews give Jews some Jewish awards; How to propose to Tiffany Haddish; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2021
The cast during the "Come From Away" Broadway opening night curtain call at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City, March 12, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Walter McBride-WireImage-Getty Images)
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9/11 musical ‘Come From Away’ returns to stage and screen, with Jewish values at the center of its story

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA September 10, 2021
From the cover of “A Frog Under the Tongue: Jewish Folk Medicine in Eastern Europe” by Marek Tuszewicki
Posted inOff the Shelf

New books: The nearly forgotten world of Jewish folk healing

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman September 10, 2021
An all-rabbi Dungeons & Dragons campaign pits a diverse group of Jewish clergy against skeletons, giants and other fantasy creatures. (Photo/JTA-Screenshot)
Posted inGames

Dungeons & Dragons has united a diverse group of rabbis. But their commitment to social justice has faced a challenge.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and JTA September 9, 2021
The author (on his mother’s lap) with the family in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1948.
Posted inBooks

New memoir: Grieving his mother while the towers were falling

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller September 9, 2021
Luke Evans (left) and Bobby Cannavale in "Nine Perfect Strangers." (Photo/Vince Valitutti-Hulu)
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Spending the High Holidays with ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ 

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

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