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The 2017 Kennedy Center Honorees: LL Cool J, Lionel Ritchie, Carmen de Lavallade, Norman Lear and Gloria Estefan pose for a photo at the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 2017. (Photo/Flickr-State Department)
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Norman Lear goes to the Kennedy Center, the Pentagon Papers go to the movies

by Nate Bloom December 19, 2017March 23, 2018
From the New Yiddish Rep’s staging of  “Awake and Sing!” featuring (from left) Ronit Asheri, Moshe Lobel, Lea Kalisch, David Mandelbaum and Eli Rosen. (Photo/JTA-Pedro Hernandez)
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Classic ‘Awake and Sing!’ gets Yiddish update while touching on immigration

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 18, 2017March 23, 2018
Gary Gulman will be one of the comedians at the 25th Kung Pao Kosher Comedy show, Dec. 23-25
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Comedy gold at Jewish Christmas favorite Kung Pao’s silver anniversary

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller December 14, 2017March 23, 2018
Two thirds of the "Chopped: Chabad of Contra Costa" winning team: (from left) Susan Wang and Larisa Bukh (Photo/Alix Wall)
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Whiskey and fry — ‘Chopped’ latke competition gets fierce

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 13, 2017
Israeli music icon David Broza
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David Broza bringing music, message of peace to S.F.

by Avishay Artsy December 12, 2017December 11, 2017
Cauliflower Rice (Photo/Megan Wolf)
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With this Asian-inspired menu, Hanukkah food doesn’t have to be so heavy

by Megan Wolf December 11, 2017December 11, 2017
From 2015 Hanukkah episode of "The Goldbergs"
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‘The Goldbergs’ do Hanukkah; Franco does ‘The Room’

by Nate Bloom December 10, 2017March 23, 2018
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (Photo/Suzanne Karp)
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Why this 17th-century Italian Jewish ‘outlier’ composer is joining Handel in S.F.

by Rob Gloster December 7, 2017December 7, 2017
Mexican Jewish artist Yishai Jusidman's "Prussian Blue" series of paintings about the Holocaust is on display at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco through March 25.
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In S.F. exhibit, Mexican artist tackles ‘the problem of painting the Holocaust’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 6, 2017December 5, 2017
A scene from "MeshugaNutcracker"
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Local favorite ‘MeshugaNutcracker’ goes from stage big screen

by Rob Gloster December 5, 2017March 23, 2018

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