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Nabeel Abboud Ashkar, one of the founders of the Polyphony Conservatory.
Posted inCulture

Arab and Jewish musicians find common purpose in Polyphony Quartet

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert November 11, 2019November 11, 2019
From "The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch," now available on Netflix.
Posted inTV & Film

Swiss film depicts religious awakening but is far from woke

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz November 8, 2019
(Courtesy of the artist and Art on the Underground, London; Anton Kern Gallery, New York/© Aliza Nisenbaum)
Posted inCulture

Mexican-Jewish artist Aliza Nisenbaum on her colorful portraits of ‘the other’

Alan Grabinsky by Alan Grabinsky and JTA November 7, 2019November 7, 2019
A view of signage during the Barneys New York celebration of its new downtown flagship in New York City, March 17, 2016. /JTA-Dimitrios Kambouris-Getty Images for Barneys New York
Posted inFashion

Barneys was a fashion tastemaker — but its success came with a dark cost

Michelle Honig by Michelle Honig and JTA November 5, 2019November 6, 2019
Archival photo of 19th-century journalist Miriam Michelson
Posted inBooks

Rediscovering S.F.’s pioneering 19th-century ‘girl reporter’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 5, 2019November 27, 2019
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial ceremony for fallen soldiers of the 1973 Yom Kippur War at the National Hall of Remembrance in Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Oct. 10, 2019. /JTA-Flash90
Posted inCulture

‘Super-juicy’ TV show about Benjamin Netanyahu in the works

by JTA October 31, 2019
Paul Weidlinger (left) and fellow engineer István Haátz in Bolivia, 1942. (Courtesy Tom Weidlinger)
Posted inBooks

When the international man of mystery is your own father

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 30, 2019November 27, 2019
Tiffany Haddish hosting "Kids Say the Darndest Things"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Jewish man in ‘Irishman’; Tiffany Haddish hosts ‘The Darndest Things’; etc.

by Nate Bloom October 28, 2019
(From left) Masada, Batwoman, Sabra, Scarlet Witch and Shadowcat /Collage by Alma
Posted inCulture

Batwoman and four other female Jewish superheroes you should know

by Cali Halperin and JTA October 23, 2019October 23, 2019
Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff in conversation with San Francisco Chronicle editor Audrey Cooper on Oct. 21. /James Meinerth-Commonwealth Club
Posted inBay Area, Books, Culture, News, Philanthropy, Tech

Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO and philanthropic gadfly

by Gabriel Greschler October 23, 2019October 23, 2019

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