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Israeli actress Gal Gadot
Posted inUncategorized, Film

A third ‘Wonder Woman’ with Gal Gadot already in the works

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA December 29, 2020June 4, 2021
Woman
Posted inSeniors

East Bay artist celebrates her ‘Charmed Life’

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz December 29, 2020December 29, 2020
Still from “Shared Legacies:The African American-Jewish Civil Rights Alliance” (Photo/Menemsha Films)
Posted inCulture

Film-speaker series to spotlight shared Black-Jewish values

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 29, 2020January 5, 2021
Ira Glasser in the film poster for "Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story." (Photo/Courtesy Nico Perrino-theFIRE.org)
Posted inTV & Film

ACLU free-speech icon Ira Glasser profiled in new film

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 23, 2020December 23, 2020
From the cover of "To Be a Man" by Nicole Krauss.
Posted inOff the Shelf

Short stories deserve our attention — especially these

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 21, 2020January 15, 2021
(From left) Shira Haas, Doval'e Glickman and Michael Aloni in season 3 of "Shtisel." (Photo/JTA-Ohad Romano)
Posted inTV & Film

Why non-Jews around the world love ‘Shtisel,’ in their own words

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz and JTA December 21, 2020December 21, 2020
San Francisco State University professor Marc Dollinger (left) and Jews of Color Initiative founder Ilana Kaufman at discuss Dollinger's book at Temple Sinai in Oakland, Oct. 2018. (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inBooks

SF State historian splits with publisher over how to talk about Jews and white supremacy

by Ari Feldman and Forward December 21, 2020December 21, 2020
A completed page in “The Kabbalah Coloring Book: A Book of Creation.”
Posted inBooks

No time to study Kabbalah? Try the coloring book

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and Forward December 17, 2020December 17, 2020
Nissim Black: "I usually daven with an early morning minyan, and then I usually learn for a while. And then I go out to the field and meditate." (Photo/JTA-Tziporah Litman, courtesy of Black)
Posted inMusic

Hasidic rapper Nissim Black opens up about his creative process, spirituality and Covid recovery

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 17, 2020
Legendary director David Cronenberg is now in front of the camera on "Star Trek: Discovery."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

David Cronenberg does Star Trek; Hallmark does Hanukkah; and Shia LaBeouf gets sued for abuse; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 16, 2020

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