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A scene from "The Vigil."
Posted inTV & Film

‘The Vigil’: An ex-Hasidic man’s harrowing night with the dead

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 4, 2021February 4, 2021
Ali Marpet (left) and Mitchell Schwartz are two of the NFL's few Jewish players. (Photos/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

A tale of two Jewish Super Bowl linemen: Buccaneers’ Ali Marpet and Chiefs’ Mitchell Schwartz

Marc Brodsky by Marc Brodsky and JTA February 4, 2021
"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" starring Sacha Baron Cohen is up for three Golden Globes. (Photo/Amazon Studios)
Posted inTV & Film

2021 Golden Globes: All the Jewish nominees, from ‘Borat’ to ‘Unorthodox’ to ‘Schitt’s Creek’

by Emily Burack and JTA February 3, 2021February 3, 2021
Flory Jagoda at the Richmond Folk Festival in 2012. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inMusic

Flory Jagoda, champion of Sephardic music, dies at 97

by Ben Harris and JTA February 2, 2021February 3, 2021
Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum in “An American Pickle.” (Photo/HBO Max)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Long live Larry King; Tiffany Haddish is ‘ready’; surfer Makua Rothman rides 100-foot wave; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 2, 2021February 3, 2021
Naomi Newman as Reb Eli in the upcoming Zoom play "God of Vengeance." (Photo/Courtesy Newman)
Posted inTheater

Local treasure Naomi Newman: 90 years old and still acting

by Dan Pine February 1, 2021February 8, 2021
Tiffany Woolf with longtime family friend Larry King.
Posted inFirst Person

Saying so long to Larry King, a family friend I interviewed last year

Tiffany Woolf by Tiffany Woolf January 29, 2021
The men of "The New Black" AKA "Shababnikim."
Posted inTV & Film

Another Israeli hit about Haredi Jews, but this one’s funny

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward January 29, 2021
Professor Rachel Gross of San Francisco State University's new book is "Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice." (Photo/Gary Sexton)
Posted inReligion

In ‘Beyond the Synagogue,’ Jews find religion in delis and museums

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 28, 2021March 12, 2021
Evan Wolkenstein is the author of "Turtle Boy." (Photo/Fred Greene; detail from book cover)
Posted inBooks

Bay Area authors win Jewish children’s book awards

by J. Staff and JTA January 27, 2021

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