Comedy Kung Pao Kosher Comedy marks 30 years of Jewish Christmas in S.F. ’Twas the night before Christmas in 1993, and all through the Four Seas Chinese restaurant, hundreds of Jews were stirring — and laughing their tuchuses… By Dan Pine Nov 29, 2022
Dance Mexican Jewish brothers reunite in S.F. Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ When Esteban Hernández was a student at the Royal Ballet School in London, he spent his winter breaks visiting his older brother, Isaac, who was already a… By Stav Ziv Nov 23, 2022
Film With ‘She Said’ in theaters, journalist Jodi Kantor coming to Palo Alto When the New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor was reporting the 2017 Harvey Weinstein sexual assault story that earned her a Pulitzer prize, the powerful… By Sarah Rosen, JTA Nov 22, 2022
Religion Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd gets a boost in the U.S. Synagogues and Hebrew schools in the United States looking to help their communities celebrate Sigd, an Ethiopian Jewish holiday, have gotten a helping… By Philissa Cramer, JTA Nov 22, 2022
Opinion Comedians are as capable of antisemitic incitement as politicians Last week saw Dave Chappelle deliver a brilliant monologue on “Saturday Night Live” addressing the antisemitism controversies surrounding Kanye West and… By MaNishtana, JTA Nov 21, 2022
TV ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ — but in this show, so is everyone else You won’t have to get far in “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” an FX miniseries adapted from Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s novel of the same name, to understand what’s… By Irene Katz Connelly, Talya Zax, Forward Nov 21, 2022
Art Magnes Collection appoints Hannah Weisman as executive director The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life has hired an executive director to lead the 60-year-old museum for the first time since it became part of UC… By Andrew Esensten Nov 21, 2022
Books ‘Family Secrets’ podcast host Dani Shapiro returns to fiction Unspooling long-held family secrets has become a specialty of Dani Shapiro’s. She has hosted the popular “Family Secrets” podcast for several years, and… By Howard Freedman Nov 17, 2022
Film 'The Fabelmans': Spielberg’s long ride down a very Jewish memory lane In 1952, a 5-year-old Sammy Fabelman (or was it Steven Spielberg) saw a train crash. His parents both assured him it wasn’t real. His father, an engineer,… By PJ Grisar, Forward Nov 17, 2022