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simple line art of a fish carrying a ladder and smoking a cigarette
Posted inOff the Shelf

No time for summer reading? Short stories are your friend.

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 20, 2019
Art Spiegelman at Florence Gould Hall in New York City, Feb. 19, 2015 (Photo/JTA-Mark Sagliocco-Getty Images)
Posted inComics

‘Maus’ creator Art Spiegelman says Marvel rejected his essay because it compared Donald Trump to comic book villain

by JTA August 20, 2019
In the midst of the 1948 War of Independence, an IDF soldier and his best girl take a beach break to cool off from the August heat.
Posted inPhotography

For Tu B’Av, enjoy 9 sweet photos of Israelis in love

Rachel NeimanISRAEL21c logo by Rachel Neiman and ISRAEL21c August 16, 2019August 16, 2019
Gon Ben Ari performs at LABA New York in 2016. (Photo/Courtesy LABA)
Posted inCulture

NYC-based Jewish culture ‘lab’ expands to East Bay

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 15, 2019August 15, 2019
Richmond poet laureate Robert Lipton (Photo/Courtesy Lipton)
Posted inCulture

One of Richmond’s favorite poets keeps hope alive in face of conflict

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo August 15, 2019August 20, 2019
Eli Roth (left) as the "Bear Jew" and Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film "Inglourious Basterds"
Posted inFilm

‘Inglourious Basterds’ came out 10 years ago. Has its meaning changed?

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA August 14, 2019
(From left) Rebekka Johnson as Dawn, Jackie Tohn as Melrose and Kia Stevens as Tammé in season 3 of “GLOW” (Photo/Courtesy Netflix-Ali Goldstein)
Posted inTV & Film

Season 3 features a revealing desert seder for the gorgeous ladies of ‘GLOW’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz August 13, 2019August 14, 2019
Wald holds up a sign that says "Are we not drawn onwards, we Jews, drawn onward to a new era?"
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: Alan Wald, the ‘holy’ palindromist

by Patricia Corrigan August 13, 2019
Sarah Silverman said of today’s America: “Incitements of violence based on lies and the disingenuous re-framings of truth.” (Photo/Gage Skidmore-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inComedy

A Florida pastor called for Sarah Silverman’s death

by JTA August 13, 2019
(Photo/JTA-Westend61-Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

Spotify’s Jewish music makes me feel like a kid again

Rabbi Yael Buechler by Rabbi Yael Buechler and JTA August 12, 2019

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