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The documentary includes Tessa Veksler, an East Bay native who faced intense hate during her senior year as student government president at UC Santa Barbara. (Courtesy Tessa Veksler)
Posted inFilm

UPDATED: ‘October 8,’ a raw documentary about antisemitism and anti-Israel activity, plays in Bay Area

by J. Staff March 13, 2025April 4, 2025
a middle-aged woman wearing a yarmulke sits with a very elderly man who is laying in a hospital bed
Posted inIdeas

Choosing how to die: Film and talk at Sherith Israel will probe assisted death

by Patricia Corrigan March 13, 2025March 13, 2025
An SS officer shakes a dog’s paw. (Courtesy U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Posted inTheater

Candid photos of off-hours Nazis at Auschwitz inspired play at Berkeley Rep

by Sue Fishkoff March 12, 2025March 20, 2025
Jamie Marx, "The Spiel Guy" (left) has written Purimspiels used by hundreds of synagogues — including Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos, seen here enjoying his "Encanto"-themed spiel.
Posted inReligion

450 synagogues have turned to ‘The Spiel Guy’ for their Purimspiel scripts

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
Photo illustration of "No Other Land" playing in a movie theater. (Movie still: Courtesy. Theater image: Getty via JTA.)
Posted inOpinion

Like other Jews I know, I’ve seen ‘No Other Land’ recently. Can we talk about it?

Russel Neiss by Russel Neiss March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
Israeli DJ Itzik Lachmani playing in San Francisco for Purim 2024. (Courtesy)
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This Israeli expat DJ wants the Bay Area to party like Tel Aviv

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 10, 2025March 10, 2025
This image was generated by ImageFX based on prompt by J. culture editor Maya Mirsky.
Posted inThe Perils & Promise of AI

Where is AI taking us: The path to Eden, or the road to Armageddon?

by Dan Friedman March 7, 2025January 7, 2026
smartphone with chat gpt ai system
Posted inThe Perils & Promise of AI

Introducing ‘The Perils & Promise of Artificial Intelligence’

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay March 7, 2025March 9, 2025
robot fingers on blue background
Posted inOpinion

AI’s breakneck speed must not leave ethics, including Jewish ones, in the dust

David Zvi Kalman by David Zvi Kalman March 7, 2025March 14, 2025
Two men and their Oscars
Posted inFilm

Israeli officials are criticizing Oscar-winner ‘No Other Land.’ So are Palestinian activists.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 7, 2025March 19, 2025

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