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Daveed Diggs in Oakland
Posted inFilm

Daveed Diggs of ‘Hamilton’ fame receives SFJFF’s Freedom of Expression Award

by Sue Fishkoff August 4, 2025August 5, 2025
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Why Jews will miss the Corporation of Public Broadcasting terribly

by Benjamin Ivry August 4, 2025August 4, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein's face in a metaphorical horseshoe
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Antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein proliferate — and go mainstream

by Ron Kampeas August 1, 2025August 1, 2025
Josh Shapiro and Stephen Colbert
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Stephen Colbert asked Josh Shapiro about his only campaign defeat. The winner has some thoughts.

by Ami Eden July 31, 2025August 2, 2025
Peter Beinart and Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show"
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The subject was Gaza, but Jon Stewart and Peter Beinart had a whole lot to say about Judaism

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
Tom Lehrer black and white photo in a San Francisco nightclub
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Tom Lehrer, satirical Jewish songwriter and Santa Cruz stalwart, dies at 97

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From fantasy to chess to Berkeley’s revolution: 6 reads by local authors

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Silicon Valley entrepreneur builds bridges between Israeli and American Jews

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 24, 2025July 24, 2025
Penina Eilberg-Schwartz (left) and her mother, Rabbi Amy Eilberg, worked to capture their beliefs and feelings about Israel while maintaining respect and civility toward one another. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Letters capture a Bay Area family’s generational discord over Israel

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 23, 2025August 11, 2025
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SFJFF: ‘Disposable Humanity’ returns dignity to disabled victims of Nazi persecution

by Sue Fishkoff July 23, 2025July 25, 2025

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