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Ezra Furman performs at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, Nov. 14, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Robin Little-Redferns-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Ezra Furman is a mother, a queer role model, a Shabbat-observant indie rocker — and, now, a rabbinical student

by Ella Rockart and JTA September 3, 2021April 4, 2022
EPACENTER, a new youth creative development center in East Palo Alto funded by the John & Marcia Goldman Foundation. (Photo/Chris Bagley)
Posted inCulture

Goldmans fund gleaming new arts center for East Palo Alto youth

by Liz Harris September 2, 2021
From the cover of the first issue of "Whistle."
Posted inComics

She’s 16. She’s Jewish. She’s Gotham’s newest superhero.

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward September 2, 2021
(From left) Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Diego Schwartzman and Eugenia De Martino at the U.S. Open in New York. (Photo/JTA via @eugedemartino on Instagram)
Posted inSports

At the US Open, Diego Schwartzman wins during a flood storm — then meets his fan Ben Stiller

by Emily Burack and JTA September 2, 2021September 2, 2021
Sam Blitzstein’s copy of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," opened to the most dramatic page.
Posted inCulture

An oral history of the most epic summer camp prank of all time: a Harry Potter spoiler

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward September 1, 2021
Barbra Streisand speaks onstage at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, Feb. 24, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Winter-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Mandy sympathizes with TikTok fan; Mayim gets the podium; Drake laughs at Kanye; Barbra gets another hit; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 31, 2021August 31, 2021
Dave Burd as a fictionalized version of himself in the second season of "Dave."
Posted inTV & Film

In season 2 of ‘Dave,’ a Jewish rapper struggles to not get canceled

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 30, 2021August 31, 2021
Ed Asner at rehearsals for the Emmy Awards, Sept. 9, 1979. (Photo/JTA-Ron Galella, Ltd.-Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Ed Asner, proudly Jewish actor who won Emmys as Lou Grant and delighted in Pixar’s ‘Up,’ dies at 91

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 30, 2021
Lisa Geduldig and her mom, Arline, in Boynton Beach, Florida. (Photo/Wanda Altidor)
Posted inComedy

S.F. comedian’s side hustle: helping people get vaccines in Florida

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 27, 2021August 27, 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 inCulture

Court blocks removal of WPA-era murals at UCSF — for now

by J. Staff August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

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