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Rouhani waves, smiling
Posted inBooks

Oakland author’s new book: Iran is more complicated than you think

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 8, 2018October 8, 2018
In "306 Hollywood," the filmmakers present their grandmother’s belongings in a whimsical fashion.
Posted inFilm

Grandma’s possessions tell her story in ‘306 Hollywood’

by Michael Fox October 5, 2018
Drake wearing an oversized leather, shearling-lined coat on a balcony overlooking a busy city street
Posted inMusic

Drake, rap’s global superstar, is his own brand of Jewish

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 5, 2018October 5, 2018
Drake gets comfy in an armchair
Posted inMusic

8 Drake songs for the uninitiated

Daniel Bromfield by Daniel Bromfield October 5, 2018October 5, 2018
From the cover of "More Mini Adventures in Jerusalem" by Rabbi Sheldon Lewis
Posted inEducation

Interfaith children’s book about Jewish and Muslim boys in Jerusalem

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 4, 2018January 9, 2019
"Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me" will be the closing film in the 2018 Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival
Posted inTV & Film

From autism to Sammy Davis Jr., 6 weeks of film in Sonoma

by J. Staff October 4, 2018October 3, 2018
In a scene from the play "Oslo," PLO Finance Minister Ahmed Qurie (J Paul Nicholas) speaks with Israeli Director-General of the Foreign Ministry Uri Savir (Paris Hunter Paul) while Norwegian mediators Terje Rød-Larsen (Mark Anderson Phillips) and Mona Juul (Erica Sullivan) look on. (Photo/Kevin Berne)
Posted inTheater

Tony-winning ‘Oslo’ explores personal risks taken for peace

by Patricia Corrigan October 3, 2018October 3, 2018
1928: Edgar Feuchtwanger as a child in Munich — where he literally lived across the street from Adolf Hitler
Posted inHistory

He lived across the street from Hitler, and he’s coming to Palo Alto

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller October 3, 2018October 3, 2018
The Kinsey Sicks (Photo/Courtesy Maurice Molyneaux)
Posted inOn Stage

From age of AIDS to age of Trump, S.F. drag troupe turns 25

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 2, 2018October 3, 2018
From the cover of “True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape” by Micah Perks
Posted inAuthor! Author!

Author Micah Perks: from utopian commune to imaginative novelist

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 28, 2018January 9, 2019

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