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Gal Gadot on the cover of Entertainment Weekly for her upcoming sequel "Wonder Woman 1984."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Ethiopian Jew goes to Eurovision; Philip Roth goes to television; Tarantino goes to Israel; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 28, 2020February 28, 2020
From the cover of "Eat Something" by Evan Bloom and Rachel Levin
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Wise Sons cookbook is a fun ride through Jewish cuisine old and new

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 27, 2020March 30, 2020
Junior Mayema, a gay refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who now lives in San Francisco is one of four Bay Area refugees profiled in the documentary "Unsettled." (Tom Shepard)
Posted inBay Area, Culture, Film, TV & Film

At East Bay Jewish film fest, ‘Unsettled’ shows humanity of four local gay refugees

by Michael Fox February 27, 2020February 28, 2020
Historian Jennifer Craig-Norton is the author "The Kindertransport: Contesting Memory." (inset courtesy Jennifer Craig Norton; background from book cover)
Posted inHistory

This historian draws lessons about family separation at U.S.-Mexico border from Kindertransport artifacts

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn February 26, 2020
“Flawless” star Stav Strashko is the first transgender actress nominated for the Ophir Awards (aka Israeli Oscars).
Posted inTV & Film

Sonoma Israeli film fest kicks off with ‘Flawless,’ acclaimed teen drama starring trans actress Stav Strashko

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 25, 2020
Two of Aimee Golant's Priestly Blessing bracelets
Posted inReligion

Judaica artist Aimee Golant’s new work tries to heal religious divide

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 25, 2020
George Soros in the documentary “Soros.” (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Film Institute)
Posted inTV & Film

George Soros: Philanthropist? Financier? Evil genius? New film tells the full story

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 24, 2020
Al Pacino (center) assembles a band of Nazi-hunting vigilantes in "Hunters." (Charles Saunders/Amazon Studios)
Posted inTV

In ‘Hunters,’ Al Pacino and his gang of vigilantes target Nazis in 1970s America

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz February 21, 2020February 21, 2020
Lior Schleien, shown here in a 2018 segment, is the host of the Israeli satirical show "Gav HaUma." (Screenshot from Facebook)
Posted inComedy

Meet Lior Schleien, Israel’s Jon Stewart

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA February 21, 2020
Abby Chava Stein, author of "Becoming Eve." (JTA/Debra Nussbaum Cohen)
Posted inOff the Shelf

Leaving Orthodoxy: personal stories of gender and Hasidism

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 20, 2020February 20, 2020

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