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A Works Progress Administration poster for a production of "It Can't Happen Here" in Detroit during World War II. (Photo/Library of Congress)
Posted inTheater

Demagogue president revived in Yiddish theater’s new take on 1936 play

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA October 29, 2020
Larry David at the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Season 9 premiere at the SVA Theater in New York, Sept. 27, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Jamie McCarthy-Getty Images)
Posted inFilm

Larry David gets hitched; ‘Crip Camp’ racks up noms; Sorkin’s inspiration for ‘Chicago 7’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 27, 2020October 27, 2020
covers of "Golem Girl" and "A Place of Exodus"
Posted inOff the Shelf

Gripping memoirs by writers who aren’t exactly famous

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 23, 2020October 28, 2020
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

S.F. firm wins bid to remove historic Zakheim murals at UCSF

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 22, 2020October 27, 2020
black and white: a thin older man in white papal robes gazes out a window
Posted inFilm

Documentary questions WWII-era pope’s ‘Holy Silence’

by Dan Pine October 21, 2020
Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Oct. 19, 2020. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inComedy

As Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen mocks coronavirus antisemitism conspiracy theories on Jimmy Kimmel

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA October 21, 2020October 21, 2020
Arthur Blaustein is the author of "Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport."
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: He’s served presidents, and now he’s serving democracy

by Liz Harris October 20, 2020March 12, 2021
Anna Solomon is the author of this year's One Bay One Book pick, "The Book of V."
Posted inBooks

What became of Queen Vashti? One Bay One Book program tackles ‘The Book of V.’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 19, 2020October 26, 2020
a scared young soldier crouches behind a rock holding a machine gun
Posted inTV & Film

HBO Max nabs Yom Kippur War drama ‘Valley of Tears,’ Israel’s biggest-budget TV series ever

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA October 15, 2020October 15, 2020
Rachel Brahinsky is co-author of "A People's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area."
Posted inCulture

Going ‘beneath the sidewalk’ to reveal the Bay Area’s untold history

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 14, 2020October 15, 2020

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