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      Israeli singer Svika Pick, who died Aug. 14, 2022, at the age of 72, in 1985. (Photo/JTA-Moshe Shai-Flash90)

      Music

      Svika Pick, singer who coaxed Israel into the world of pop, dies at 72

      Svika Pick, the singer whose plaintive voice lured Israel into the delights of pop banality, has died. Born Henryk Pick in Poland in 1947, Pick gave…
      By Ron Kampeas, JTA Aug 16, 2022
      In episode 5 of "The Rehearsal," Nathan Fielder navigates the complexities of an interfaith family — sort of. (Photo/Courtesy HBO)

      TV

      Nathan Fielder’s ‘Rehearsal’ shows interfaith parenting gone wrong

      SPOILER ALERT: This piece contains plot details about HBO’s “The Rehearsal,” including extensive details about Episode 5, “Apocalypto,” which first aired…
      By Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA Aug 15, 2022
      Rita Semel at home in San Francisco, where she has devoted herself to public service for decades. (Photo/Norm Levin)

      Books

      Local Jewish legend Rita Semel, 100, gets the biography treatment

      J.’s coverage of books is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. Jennifer Kaufman and Rita Semel don’t exactly go way back.…
      By Dan Pine Aug 15, 2022
      The Arab Liberation Mural in the Mission District's Clarion Alley was created by activists with the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, Arab Youth Organizing and local and international artists. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)

      Art

      How a dispute over a 'Zionism Is Racism' mural derailed an S.F. library exhibit

      Since the 1970s, murals bursting with color — many carrying social and political messages, from supporting Indigenous movements in Central America to…
      By Gabe Stutman Aug 12, 2022
      Patients lay in beds in the “Syndrome K” unit at Fatebenefratelli Hospital. (Photo/JTA-“Syndrome K”-Freestyle Digital Media)

      Film

      To save Jews from Nazis, these doctors invented a fake disease

      How the subject of his new documentary, “Syndrome K,” has largely escaped public attention is a mystery to filmmaker Stephen Edwards. “It’s the greatest…
      By Stephen Silver, JTA Aug 12, 2022
      “The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land,” by Graciela Mochkofsky, traces the saga of a group of Peruvian Jews.

      Books

      Peru's 'Inca Jews' get a closer look in new book

      The 1981 winner of Peru’s competition of Israel’s International Bible Contest did not come from among the country’s many devoted Christians nor from…
      By Philissa Cramer, JTA Aug 11, 2022
      Elana Dykewomon (Photo/Jane Tyska)

      Obituaries

      Activist-writer Elana Dykewomon dies, just as her first play debuts

      Elana Dykewomon hoped to see her first play staged before she passed away from cancer. “I would like to see it at least have a reading before I die, which…
      By Andrew Esensten Aug 9, 2022
      Tom Sturridge as Dream with his very powerful and important bag of sand and gas mask thing in "Sandman. "(Photo/Forward-Courtesy Netflix)

      TV

      ‘Sandman’ is haunted by Judaism, mythology and God knows what else

      Neil Gaiman is no stranger to television and movie adaptations of his fantasy novels. There’s “Good Omens,” which he co-wrote with fellow fantasy author…
      By Mira Fox, Forward Aug 9, 2022
      Elliot Glazer and Judy Gold in an episode of "2 Jews Choose."

      TV

      ‘Jewish or goyish’ makes comeback in web series ‘2 Jews Choose’

      Living in New York City: Jewish (even if you’re Catholic). Living in Butte, Montana: goyish (even if you’re Jewish). So observed the late comic Lenny…
      By Esther D. Kustanowitz Aug 8, 2022
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