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Two pieces of digital art by the street artist fnnch: On the left, an NFT auctioned off as part of a star-studded virtual seder. On the right: Its twin, which was hidden in an online profile as afikomen during the seder.
Posted inCulture

Matzah ‘NFT’ digital art fetches $4,200 in charity auction

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 31, 2021April 1, 2021
Retired ballet dancer Debra Rose at her Gyrotonic studio.
Posted inCulture

Q&A: A former ballet dancer who isn’t done moving

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 31, 2021March 31, 2021
Philip Roth with Allegra the cat, Manhattan, 1959. (Photo/Courtesy W.W. Norton & Company)
Posted inBooks

Highly anticipated Philip Roth biography delivers the goods

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 31, 2021March 31, 2021
Eli Wirtschafter with mother Diane (left) and father Josh (right) in "Another Seder on the Zoom." (Screenshot/YouTube)
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‘Vaccinatiooooon!’ — East Bay family’s ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Covid parody gets a sequel

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 30, 2021March 30, 2021
George Segal in a 1965 publicity shot. (Photo/JTA-Silver Screen Collection-Hulton Archive-Getty Images)
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Farewell to Yaphet, George and Jessica; Ilana Glazer is expecting (a movie and a baby); etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 29, 2021March 26, 2021
The Jews of Color Initiative's Ilana Kaufman (blue shirt and glasses, seventh from left) and Angel Alvarez-Mapp (black shirt and glasses, sixth from left) meet with Jewish community leaders at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.
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Steven Spielberg giving $200,000 to Bay Area-based Jews of Color Initiative

by JTA and J. Staff March 26, 2021March 29, 2021
The eight-episode series "Muna," about a 30-something Israeli Arab photographer with a Jewish boyfriend, will stream as part of the 2021 East Bay International Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

East Bay Jewish film fest: ‘See the world’ from your sofa (and meet the cast of ‘Fauda’)

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 24, 2021March 29, 2021
(From left) Shira Haas, Doval'e Glickman and Michael Aloni in season 3 of "Shtisel." (Photo/JTA-Ohad Romano)
Posted inTV & Film

Long-awaited ‘Shtisel’ season 3 brings more faith, grief, family to its global fan base

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 24, 2021March 29, 2021
Director Kenneth Lonergan, seen in 2019, will bring his Oscar-winning talents to TV for a remake of "Shtisel". (Photo/JTA-Noam Galai-Getty Images)
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An American ‘Shtisel’ remake is coming directed by acclaimed Jewish filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA March 22, 2021March 22, 2021
Detail from the cover of “The Slaughterman’s Daughter” by Yaniv Iczkovits.
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Jewish literature takes a turn toward adventure in two recent novels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 19, 2021March 31, 2021

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