Art Oakland illustrator helps locals remember homes lost in wildfires Last year, Oakland illustrator Meg Adler drew 73 black and white ink drawings of homes as they stood before being destroyed in California’s devastating… By Andrew Esensten Sep 15, 2021
Author! Author! New middle-grade title gets a ‘Book Mitzvah’ debut event After attending her best friend’s bat mitzvah, 12-year-old Hannah tells her parents that she wants to have one, too. When they say no — Hannah belongs to… By Andrew Esensten Sep 14, 2021
Celebrity Jews Jews give Jews some Jewish awards; etc. Jews give Jews some Jewish awards You’ve heard of the Oscars. But have you heard of the Almas? The website Alma, geared to young and feminist Jews, has… By Maya Mirsky Sep 14, 2021
On Stage 9/11 musical ‘Come From Away’ returns, with Jewish values at its core When U.S. airspace closed as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, 38 planes were grounded in Gander, Newfoundland,… By Jacob Gurvis, JTA Sep 10, 2021
Off the Shelf New books: The nearly forgotten world of Jewish folk healing My father’s sister Sandra suffered terribly from lupus. After Sandra fell into a long coma as a teenager, my grandmother traveled more than 1,000 miles… By Howard Freedman Sep 10, 2021
Gaming All-rabbis D&D group challenged by social justice commitment The adventurers arrived at Morgur’s Mound, an archaeological site ringed with dragon bones. There they stumbled upon some treasure: a fire giant’s… By Andrew Esensten, JTA Sep 9, 2021
Books New memoir: Grieving his mother while the towers were falling During the best of times, grief is a difficult, lonely, messy process. Losing someone we love shakes our being to the core. But losing someone we love… By Robert Nagler Miller Sep 9, 2021
TV Spending the High Holidays with ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ In an episode of “Nine Perfect Strangers,” a participant at a wellness retreat is chasing after a goat on the resort premises. Hungry and in withdrawal… By Esther D. Kustanowitz Sep 3, 2021
Music Queer Jewish indie rocker Ezra Furman is headed to rabbinical school “How would I describe myself?” Ezra Furman said wryly, tearing a corner off of her slice of pizza in a shop in Somerville, Mass. “I try to avoid it.”… By Ella Rockart, JTA Sep 3, 2021