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Susanne (Sanne) Kalter DeWitt’s debut memoir is called “I Was Born in an Old Age Home.”
Posted inAuthor! Author!

Two vivid memoirs of Holocaust survival from local authors

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 12, 2019
Rachel Bloom and Patti Lupone in "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
Posted inTV & Film

Four key Jewish moments from ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 11, 2019March 11, 2019
A scene from “The Unorthodox”
Posted inTV & Film

Birth of Shas party recounted with humor, heart in ‘The Unorthodox’

by Michael Fox March 6, 2019March 6, 2019
From the cover of "Fragments of the Brooklyn Talmud" by Andrew Ramer
Posted inBooks

Exploring the remains of a Talmud from 160 years in the future

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 6, 2019June 25, 2019
a woman with red hard and a tattooed arm sits in a diner
Posted inCulture

Israel and ‘Leaving Extremism’ in annual German film fest

by J. Staff March 5, 2019
colorful abstract shapes with the title of the book in bold white letters
Posted inBooks

New memoirs explore home, food and family history

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 5, 2019March 6, 2019
In one of the final photos posted to his Facebook page before his death in 2018, Stan Lee poses on a motorcycle with Captain America's iconic shield.
Posted inFilm

An afternoon out with Stan Lee and Captain America

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 5, 2019March 5, 2019
Brie Larson as Carol Danvers in "Captain Marvel"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Captain Marvel’s Jewish director; Joan Collins comes to ‘Hawaii 5-0’

by Nate Bloom March 4, 2019
Zdeněk Toman (played by Jiří Macháček) kept his Jewish identity secret in order to advance his career in postwar Prague. (Photo/Courtesy EBIJFF)
Posted inFilm

With Iron Curtain falling, secret Czech Jew played both sides

by Dan Pine March 4, 2019
Ethiopian Jewish teenager Mina and her boyfriend Eli in ‘Fig Tree’
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Fig Tree,’ an Ethiopian family uproots to settle in Israel

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 1, 2019

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