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black and white image of a bearded man and long-haired woman talking to each other, with two other women and an ox cart in the background
Posted inCulture

S.F. Jewish Film Festival revs up at the drive-in (and on your couch)

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
a man in a fedora dances with four people in cartoonish rooster costumes
Posted inMusic

Israeli pop stars’ music video with Mexican and Arab garb — and giant roosters — irks some viewers

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
"The Influence of Soros," written by the journalist Emily Tamkin, dives into the influence of Jewish billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
Posted inPhilanthropy

Emily Tamkin wrote the book on George Soros. Here’s what she has to say about those conspiracy theories.

by Emily Burack and JTA July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
two images: the cover of the book "I Am The Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book," which features an illustration of a dark-skinned boy in a yoga tree pose; and a photo of the author, a smiling white woman with long dark hair standing in front her synagogue.
Posted inReligion

S.F. rabbi’s picture book brings kids to Torah by way of yoga

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 1, 2020July 8, 2020
a line of people in front of a shabby a white building with a green sign that says "Beit Shalom synagogue"
Posted inUncategorized

Oakland man raising funds to feed impoverished Jews in India

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 30, 2020July 2, 2020
Carl Reiner at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 3, 2017. (Photo/JTA-John Wolfsohn-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Carl Reiner, comedy legend and consummate old Jew telling jokes, dies at 98

by JTA June 30, 2020
Noam Sienna is the author of “A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969.”
Posted inPride

A treasure trove of LGBTQ texts from two millennia of Jewish history

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 29, 2020July 8, 2020
A police officer in the fictional haredi-run state in the Israeli TV series "Autonomies."
Posted inTV & Film

In alt-history Israeli miniseries ‘Autonomies,’ secular and religious worlds clash

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz June 25, 2020June 25, 2020
UC Berkeley students and faculty record an episode of the “Israel and Jewish Identity in the Age of Covid” podcast.
(Photo/Maya Shemtov)
Posted inBay Area

New podcast looks at Israel and Jewish identity in ‘Age of Covid’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 25, 2020June 26, 2020
Trudie Strobel stitching (Photo/Ann Elliott  Cutting);  Detail from “Four Embroideries of Trees in Four Seasons (Autumn)” by Trudie Strobel.
Posted inBooks

Threads of memory: Survivor embroiders pain into beauty

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 24, 2020

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