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a bald man in a green tshirt and jeans strikes a pose on a stage with a chair
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: He abandoned journalism for stand-up comedy and one-man shows

by Patricia Corrigan April 9, 2019
Jacob Dinezon’s dramatic Yiddish romance novel “The Dark Young Man” was a surprise success in 1877. (Photo/JTA-Jewish Storyteller Press)
Posted inBooks

Now in English: This Yiddish romance novel was the surprise hit of 1877

by Penny Schwartz and JTA April 8, 2019
One of Lily Gottlieb's photos from the “Porter Creek: A Portrait of Home” exhibit shows new growth after the fires around Camp Newman's iconic Star of David.
Posted inArt, Culture, Photography

From Camp Newman’s ashes, photos of devastation and hope

by Liz Harris April 4, 2019April 5, 2019
Paul Kaye as Thoros of Myr in "Game of Thrones" — Kaye is a Jew, but Thoros is a priest of the Red God.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

The Jews of ‘GoT,’ ‘Shazam!’ and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

by Nate Bloom April 1, 2019April 1, 2019
(Collage/JTA-Alma)
Posted inBooks

9 writers who perfectly capture what it’s like for Jews of color

Nylah Burton by Nylah Burton and JTA March 29, 2019March 29, 2019
Nathan Englander's new novel is “Kaddish.com.” (Illustration/JTA; Cover/Alfred Knopf; Photo/Joshua Meier)
Posted inBooks

Spiritual disquiet and atonement in Nathan Englander’s ‘Kaddish.com’

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 28, 2019December 2, 2020
Part of the main cast of the Israeli TV series 'Shtisel'
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

How ‘Shtisel’ warmed my heart like a bowl of chicken soup

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz March 27, 2019
Israeli musician Aviya Kopelman is a visiting artist at UC Berkeley. (Photo/Courtesy Yuval Shiboli)
Posted inMusic

World-famous Israeli composer Aviya Kopelman is around Bay for a bit

by Andrew Muchin March 27, 2019March 27, 2019
The cast of "Hostages," an Israeli TV show that can be streamed on Netflix in the U.S.
Posted inTV & Film

More Israeli TV to stream when you’re done with ‘Shtisel’

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman March 26, 2019March 26, 2019
Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky with her painting “The Tree of Life Is Weeping”
Posted inArt

Gift for Pittsburgh: S.F. rabbi’s ‘Weeping’ painting

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 25, 2019

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