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Al Hirshen (Photo/Lezak Shallat)
Posted inCulture

‘Ordinary’ North Bay man writes his ‘extraordinary’ story

Lezak Shallat by Lezak Shallat October 22, 2019
Journalist and author Gail Collins (Photo/Courtesy Nina Subins)
Posted inSeniors

NYT columnist who gives ‘women of a certain age’ their due coming to S.F.

by Patricia Corrigan October 21, 2019October 21, 2019
Taika Waititi, center, wrote and directed "Jojo Rabbit." Roman Griffin Davis, jumping to his right, co-stars. (Photo/Kimberley French-Twentieth Century Fox)
Posted inFilm

‘Jojo Rabbit’ is a satirical lesson in how children learn to hate

by Emily Burack and JTA October 21, 2019October 23, 2019
Israeli film "Working Woman" is the star film of the 2019 Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inTV & Film

Amos Oz, ‘Fiddler’ doc and more at Silicon Valley Jewish film fest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 21, 2019
Harold Bloom spoke with the Yiddish Book Center weeks before his death. (Photo/Yiddish Book Center)
Posted inBooks

Harold Bloom dreamed in Yiddish

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA October 17, 2019
The utterly unloveable Roy Cohn in his later years (Photo/Courtesy Mill Valley Film Festival)
Posted inFilm

New documentary takes a hard look at the brilliant, widely despised Roy Cohn

by Michael Fox October 17, 2019October 17, 2019
Sayed Kashua speaking at San Francisco State University on Oct. 15, 2019. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inCulture

Sayed Kashua at S.F. State: for the popular Palestinian Israeli writer, home is elusive

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 16, 2019October 16, 2019
Jodi Kantor's new book "She Said," written with her New York Times colleague Megan Twohey, gives readers an inside look at the reporting of the Harvey Weinstein story and others integral to the #MeToo movement. (Photo/JTA-Martin Schoeller-70 Faces Media Montage)
Posted inBooks

Jodi Kantor on what’s changed since her Weinstein story unleashed a #MeToo wave

by Emily Burack and JTA October 15, 2019October 15, 2019
Paul Rudd (left) and Zach Galifianakis in "Between Two Ferns: The Movie"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Jesse Eisenberg returns to ‘Zombieland’; Timothée Chalamet is Henry V; Jenny Slate’s first stand-up special

by Nate Bloom October 11, 2019October 11, 2019
a dark-haired woman in glasses smiles, sitting at a desk
Posted inBooks

Inquiries into anti-Semitism past and present earn Natan book awards

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 10, 2019October 10, 2019

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