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An AI illustration of Sigmund Freud, seated in an armchair, talking to a humanoid robot who is laying on a couch.
Posted inThe Perils & Promise of AI

As AI charges ahead, Jewish thinkers are falling behind

by Dan Friedman March 21, 2025June 18, 2025
Voice of America broadcasters addressing Russian audiences at work in 1978. (Library of Congress)
Posted inOpinion

Targeted by Trump for oblivion, the Voice of America once nurtured the dreams of Jews worldwide

by Benjamin Ivry March 18, 2025March 18, 2025
Emma and Héber at their Mountain View home on March 6, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPodcasts

‘Such a Match!’ bonus episode: Beshert in Bakersfield

by J. Staff March 18, 2025March 18, 2025
USF basketball coach Todd Golden at a game in 2019. (Chris Leung/USF Dons)
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish coaches lead 4 of 8 top seeds in March Madness — and two have Bay Area connections

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and J. Staff March 17, 2025March 18, 2025
Sen. Chuck Schumer (photo via Wikimedia) is the author of a new book called "Antisemitism in America: A Warning."
Posted inBooks

Chuck Schumer postpones antisemitism book tour events, including S.F., amid planned protests

by Jacob Kornbluh March 17, 2025March 17, 2025
Anita Magnus Frank before she had to leave home. (Screenshot from "A Great Big Secret.")
Posted inIdeas

JCC East Bay hosting two events for teens and parents to hear Holocaust survivors

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 14, 2025March 14, 2025
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

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