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a picture of an older white woman next to cover art "Unexpected Encounters," which features abstract geometric shapes
Posted inBooks

Tales of lockdown give immediacy to Palo Alto retiree’s short story collection

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 21, 2020August 22, 2020
black and white image of an enormous crowd. some people are holding up a banner that says "their fight is our fight"
Posted inTV & Film

Silicon Valley Jewish film fest opens in your living room with doc about Black-Jewish relations

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 19, 2020
"Monologues from the Makom" is a collection of essays exploring female sexuality in the Orthodox world. (Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inBooks

Taking a page from ‘Vagina Monologues,’ a new book explores taboos around women’s sexuality and gender in the Orthodox world

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris in an "SNL" sendup of a 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Yosemite Sam, née Rosenbaum; Maya Rudolph for VP; ‘Dirty Dancing’ dances again; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 18, 2020
"Dispatches from Quarantine" producer Tiffany Woolf (top left) introduces her sons to comic legend Carl Reiner (bottom) on a Zoom call. (Photo/Courtesy Silver Screen Studios)
Posted inUncategorized

Local producer’s quarantine web series includes Carl Reiner’s final interview

by Dan Pine August 17, 2020August 17, 2020
From the cover of “D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths,” Nate's new favorite book.
Posted inParenting

I’m baffled by the books my kids love — and thrilled

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein August 14, 2020
the cover of "The Takeaway Men" next to a headshot of Meryl Ain
Posted inBooks

‘The Takeaway Men’: Local rabbi’s mom chooses post-Holocaust theme for first novel

by Liz Harris August 13, 2020August 21, 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 inArt

New hope for Jewish muralist’s historic work at UCSF

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 12, 2020October 21, 2020
A screenshot from ChaiFlicks, a Jewish-themed streaming platform.
Posted inFilm

ChaiFlicks, the ‘Jewish Netflix,’ launches with 150 movies and TV series

by Stephen Silver and JTA August 12, 2020
Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum in “An American Pickle.” (Photo/HBO Max)
Posted inFilm

Very Jewish ‘American Pickle’ is sweet, sour and surreal

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz August 10, 2020August 10, 2020

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