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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
Rabbi Sheldon Lewis in uniform in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Posted inBooks

Rabbi recounts heartrending year in Vietnam in new memoir

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 26, 2021August 26, 2021
Jack Hirschman reads from the Italian edition of his book “The Arcanes.” (Photo/Marco Cinque)
Posted inObituaries

Jack Hirschman, S.F. poet laureate and ‘bad Jew,’ dies at 87

by Patricia Corrigan August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
Author Sandy Shefrin Rabin (top row, third from right) in a 1965 class photo from  I. L. Peretz, the same school that the protagonist of her debut novel attends.
Posted inBooks

Marin doctor’s debut novel is about a Jewish girl in Manitoba (just like she was)

by Liz Harris August 23, 2021August 23, 2021
Bruce Chilton is the author of “The Herods: Murder, Politics, and the Art of Succession.”
Posted inBooks

Q&A: New book plumbs role of the Herods in forming early Jewish, Christian views

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS August 18, 2021
Michael Chabon looking at Twitter birds
Posted inTech

After abandoning Instagram in disgust, @MichaelChabon is speaking his mind on Twitter

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 18, 2021August 18, 2021
Ethel Rosenberg under arrest
Posted inOff the Shelf

70 years later, Ethel Rosenberg reemerges in a new biography and novel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 17, 2021August 17, 2021

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