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From the cover of HAIM's new album, "Women in Music Pt. III."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Nimoy’s greeting goes to Capitol Hill; Haim goes to the deli; Goldberg goes to Saudi Arabia

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 17, 2020March 19, 2020
Talia Bruner's winning photo
Posted inCulture

East Bay teen’s winning snapshot of Shabbat goes on display in Tel Aviv

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 16, 2020
Eliana Light is one of several young Jewish musicians and spiritual leaders moving their work online. (JTA/ORI SALZBERG)
Posted inCulture

Gigs canceled by the coronavirus, Jewish performers and educators move online

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA March 16, 2020
Lori Starr will step down as executive director of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco at the end of the year. (GARY SEXTON PHOTOGRAPHY)
Posted inCulture

Lori Starr to step down as CJM head: ‘Change is healthy’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 12, 2020March 12, 2020
This Passover, as in every year, new haggadahs abound.
Posted inKids & Family

New haggadahs for 2020: nationalism, artistry, the environment and more

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 11, 2020March 12, 2020
Shira Haas in "Unorthodox"
Posted inCulture

Young ‘Shtisel’ star leaves it all behind in Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 11, 2020
Jewish Maori director Taika Waititi is adapting Roald Dahl's work for the screen. (JTA/ALBERT L. ORTEGA/GETTY)
Posted inTV

Jewish director Taika Waititi adapting anti-Semite Roald Dahl’s work is perfect

by A.R. Vishny and JTA March 9, 2020March 9, 2020
Rabbi Yossi Marcus, coeditor of a new edition of the Megillah. (FILE PHOTO)
Posted inReligion

Chabad edition offers mystical insights into Book of Esther

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 4, 2020September 23, 2022
Detail from “Do not forgive them, oh Lord, for they do know what they do! (after Luke 23:34)” by Arthur Szyk, part of the Magnes Collection. (Courtesy Magnes)
Posted inCulture

New Magnes exhibit: ‘Soldier in art’ Arthur Szyk blasted tyranny in stunning works of graphic art

Lezak Shallat by Lezak Shallat March 3, 2020March 3, 2020
From left, some of the stars of Amazon's "Hunters": Saul Rubinek, Carol Kane, Tiffany Boone, Louis Ozawa Changchien and Josh Radnor. (Christopher Saunders)
Posted inTV & Film

Is ‘Hunters’ basically Jewsploitation? A journalist and a rabbi discuss Amazon’s Nazi-killing show.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA March 2, 2020

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