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Richard Kind
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Richard Kind coming to S.F. to explain his ‘not famous’ life

by Dan Pine May 23, 2025May 25, 2025
Sasha Velour in "The Big Reveal Live Show!" (Greg Endries)
Posted inOn Stage

Jewish drag superstar ready to sashay into Bay Area for her ‘Big Reveal’

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett May 21, 2025June 6, 2025
Sasha Vasilyuk's debut novel, "Your Presence Is Mandatory," is about a Ukrainian Jewish World War II veteran with a terrible secret. (Bloomsbury)
Posted inBooks

S.F. novelist’s debut set in war-torn Ukraine wins Sami Rohr prize for Jewish literature

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
Dan Senor delivers "The State of World Jewry" speech at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan, May 13, 2025. (Mark Doyle/Michael Priest Photography)
Posted inAnalysis

Two writers offer very different views of the ‘state of the Jews’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 20, 2025May 20, 2025
Julie Franklin, registrar and rights and reproductions manager at The Magnes, looks through a box containing documents from the Spanish Inquisition in the documents archive room of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in Berkeley, April 22, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inIdeas

Saving the past for the future: How local Jewish orgs are preserving their history

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 19, 2025January 13, 2026
The American flag proudly waves on a flagpole against a clear blue sky, symbolizing freedom and patriotism.
Posted inJewish Life

Where to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month around the Bay

by J. Staff May 19, 2025May 19, 2025
Miss Gefilte Fish, also known as Noah Zweben, tries on polarized glasses that make lights look like Stars of David during Value Culture’s Jewish American Heritage Month kickoff event at the California Academy of Sciences, May 15, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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S.F. Jewish Week kicks off at Cal Academy with henna, rap, an aerialist — and pickle juice

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 16, 2025May 19, 2025
Israeli journalist and author Amir Tibon (right) interviewed by Larry Diamond (left) at Stanford University, May 12, 2025. (Rod Searcey)
Posted inBooks

War must end to save hostages, journalist Amir Tibon tells Stanford crowd

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 16, 2025May 17, 2025
If Catholic in-laws weren't enough, there's a dead body, too, in "Bad Shabbos."
Posted inFilm

In-laws-to-be and a dead body make for a ‘Bad Shabbos’

by J. Staff May 15, 2025May 15, 2025
Supervisor Harvey Milk at the 1978 San Francisco Gay Day Parade, as it was then called. (Courtesy GLBT Historical Society Jewish LGBTQ Voices and Activism Source Set)
Posted inTheater

Harvey Milk opera that ‘reimagines’ the gay Jewish icon returns to S.F.

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 14, 2025May 15, 2025

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