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it is meant to look like the famous rennaisance aphrodite painting
Posted inArt, Culture, Dance, Music, On Stage, Theater

Unmasking the wild, unexpected faces of contemporary Israeli arts

by Rob Gloster and Sue Fishkoff April 7, 2017March 23, 2018
cover art of "Waking Lions" by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen is orange with a woman in sillhouette
Posted inBooks, Columns, Culture, Off the Shelf

Three new novels — unusual takes on life in Israel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 7, 2017
Picture of Sayrafiezadeh
Posted inCulture, On Stage, Theater

The name game: Playwright mines identity issues in comic ‘Terrorist’

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller April 6, 2017March 23, 2018
pogrebin smiling
Posted inBooks, Passover, Culture, Holidays

Holidays inspire yearlong quest by ‘wondering Jew’

by Jewish Book Council April 5, 2017April 6, 2017
the cast stands in front of an American flag looking awestruck
Posted inArt, Culture, On Stage, Theater

From Russia to ‘Rags’: Immigrant story resonates in current climate

by Rob Gloster April 4, 2017March 23, 2018
a vivid image of hitler and other nazis covering the globe with nazism
Posted inArt, Culture

Work of Szyk, whose romantic art glorified 20th-century Jewry, comes to Berkeley

by Rob Gloster April 3, 2017April 4, 2017
Alison Brie
Posted inColumns, Culture, Film, Celebrity Jews, TV, TV & Film

Brie and Franco wed; Gyllenhaal comes to ‘Life’; Arkin goes ‘In Style’

by Nate Bloom March 31, 2017March 23, 2018
chastain sits cradling two lion cubs
Posted inCulture, Film, TV & Film

Jessica Chastain relishes role of Holocaust heroine in ‘Zookeeper’s Wife’

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier March 30, 2017March 23, 2018
brown background, a woman in a red shirt and white skirt sits looking downward
Posted inArt, Culture

Berkeley-based foundation seeks to reclaim Nazi-looted art

max cherney by Max A. Cherney March 29, 2017April 4, 2017
miari holds up an oversized puppet head
Posted inArt, Culture

Israeli art, culture and politics intersect at Berkeley conference

by Rob Gloster March 28, 2017March 29, 2017

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