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Shaina Hammerman teaches her course on Jewish humor at USF (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inCulture

Comedy, the Holocaust and the Jews in USF’s ‘Funny Jews’ course

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2018April 25, 2018
Mural of Leonard Cohen in Montreal by artist Kevin Ledo (Photo/Flickr-fredisonfire CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inCulture

A Montreal pilgrimage in the footsteps of Leonard Cohen

by Ben Harris April 24, 2018April 24, 2018
From the cover of "Love That Bunch" by Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Posted inCulture

Pioneering underground comics artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb has nothing to hide

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 23, 2018April 23, 2018
Marissa Moss (left) and Daniel Schifrin are this year's winner and runner up, respectively, of the Anne and Robert Cowan Writers Prize.
Posted inCulture

Berkeley writers win Cowan Prize for Jewish-themed works

by Patricia Corrigan April 20, 2018September 15, 2022
From the Israeli television series “Mary Lou”
Posted inIsrael at 70

‘By the time I visited Israel, I had seen 500 Israeli films.’

Lexi Leban by Lexi Leban April 19, 2018June 10, 2021
Amy Schumer in "I Feel Pretty"
Posted inColumns

Amy Schumer ‘feeling pretty’; Joaquin’s next flick; and a young Jewish Picasso

by Nate Bloom April 18, 2018April 17, 2018
Asif Khan as Isaac in "Love, Bombs & Apples"
Posted inCulture

Comedy and humanity as Pakistani-British actor steps into American Jewish role

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 17, 2018April 18, 2018
Susan Duhan Felix with Brandi Brande in the first episode of “Art Beat,” Felix’s new show on Berkeley’s public television channel. (Screenshot/Berkeley Community Media)
Posted inCulture

Berkeley’s arts ambassador tries a new beat: television

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 16, 2018April 18, 2018
A teenage Lisa Geduldig in Israel, summer 1978
Posted inIsrael at 70

Skinny dipping in Israel and other Jewish success stories

Lisa Geduldig by Lisa Geduldig April 16, 2018
“Fanny’s Journey,” a French drama screening April 22 at the Crest Theater in Sacramento
Posted inCulture

Bollywood meets klezmer at Sacramento Jewish film fest, April 19-22

by J. Staff April 13, 2018

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