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historical image shows muslim and jewish men chatting
Posted inBooks, Columns, Culture, Off the Shelf

Authors offer differing perspectives on the history of Israel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 3, 2017
Berger standing at a mic, holding up a guitar
Posted inCulture, Music

Israeli rockers to check out — and see in Palo Alto

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman February 1, 2017January 22, 2018
a piece of light fish on a plate with cucumbers on top
Posted inFood, Columns, Culture

Tu BiShevat plan: Hug a tree, pick a lemon, zap a yam

by Josie A.G. Shapiro February 1, 2017February 2, 2017
Stern's face in color on a background of a black and white Holocaust photo
Posted inCulture, Film, TV & Film

Local survivor’s tale of chutzpah now a film, thanks to daughter

by Dan Pine January 31, 2017March 23, 2018
black and white drawing of cats and human who has become a cat
Posted inArt, Culture

Artist breathes life into Ladino proverbs in Marin exhibit

by Liz Harris January 31, 2017
A yellow book cover with the title and an image of a heart
Posted inFood, Books, Culture

‘Good food and moral guidance’ — the story of a 1901 cookbook

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent January 27, 2017April 24, 2018
a man in chef's whites looks over a spread of baked goods
Posted inCulture

Grateful bread: New Israeli kosher bakery opens in S.F.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 25, 2017October 6, 2017
A lone man in a dessert throwing his arms up
Posted inUncategorized, Film, TV & Film

Film plus conversation in new S.F. series

by J. Staff January 24, 2017March 23, 2018
An older white man leans on his desk with an intense
Posted inUncategorized, Film, TV & Film

Holocaust looms large in Berlin & Beyond Film Festival

by Michael Fox January 24, 2017March 23, 2018
two plain wall hangings: one is a blue rectangle with small red handwriting that says "hi Jewboy," the other is a yellow star of David that says "hi"
Posted inArt

‘Candyass’ artist plays on outsider theme to explore identity

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller January 23, 2017January 30, 2017

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