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George Fok’s “Passing Through” (2017), a multichannel video installation appearing at the Contemporary Jewish Museum as part of the "Experience Leonard Cohen" exhibit.
Posted inCulture

Contemporary artists riff on Leonard Cohen’s music in new CJM exhibit

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert July 23, 2021July 22, 2021
Screenshot of the new rebooting.com
Posted inCulture

Reboot launches new website in honor of 20th anniversary

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 22, 2021July 23, 2021
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival co-directors Deborah Kaufman and Janis Plotkin in 1991 on the balcony of the Castro Theatre. (Photo/File)
Posted inCulture

Why S.F. is home to the world’s oldest, longest-running Jewish film fest

Peter L. Stein by Peter L. Stein July 22, 2021July 4, 2022
Chad Coerver has been named executive director of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
Posted inCulture

CJM taps Chad Coerver, longtime SFMOMA staffer, to be new executive director

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 21, 2021July 21, 2021
Scarlett Johansson performing a superheroic feat of derring-do in "Black Widow."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Black Widow’ rakes it in; Baseball gets even Jewish-er; Geffen shells out in Israel; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 20, 2021
Ali Suliman as Mustafa in “200 Meters.”
Posted inCulture

Review: Palestinian father knows best in ‘200 Meters’ … or does he?

by Michael Fox July 16, 2021July 15, 2021
Loki (Tom Hiddleston) stands before the kisei kevodecha for judgment in the first episode of "Loki."
Posted inTV & Film

I am burdened with interpretive purpose: A Jewish lens on ‘Loki’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz July 15, 2021August 4, 2021
Betty Boop was just one of the pop culture icons with Jewish connections enjoyed by Karen Galatz in her youth.
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

My Saturdays with Betty, Barbie and Mighty Mouse

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz July 14, 2021July 21, 2021
Jurnee Smollett in “Lovecraft Country.” (Photo/HBO)
Posted inTV & Film

2021 Emmys: All the Jewish nominees, from Jurnee Smollett to Michael Douglas

by Emily Burack and JTA July 13, 2021July 13, 2021
From the cover of "The Passenger" by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
Posted inOff the Shelf

Looking back on Nazi era in newly reissued novels from 1930s

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 13, 2021July 13, 2021

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