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A Haredi man in a black hat and black coat sits on a park bench eating ice cream with a Haredi woman with covered hair
Posted inFilm

Comedy, drama, thriller, romance — all on tap at 30th East Bay Jewish film fest

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 7, 2025February 7, 2025
From "Kidnapped," screening as part of the Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival series.
Posted inFilm

Free Jewish films screening in Santa Cruz touch on Oct. 7, coexistence and more

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 6, 2025February 6, 2025
A sepia-tone illustration of a person with wings flying over rubble
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WinterFest teams up with S.F. IndieFest to premiere locally produced doc ‘Among Neighbors’

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 5, 2025February 5, 2025
Brady Corbet’s film "The Brutalist" explores the odious and corrupt world of capital, ego and power which overwhelms an architect’s resources. (Focus Features)
Posted inFilm

The Oscar race: Bob Dylan and László Tóth face the limits of Jewish reinvention

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar February 5, 2025February 5, 2025
Joanne and Bernie Arfin. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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‘Such a Match!’ episode 3: The journalist who got scooped

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 4, 2025February 4, 2025
In "Bad Shabbos," Cliff "Method Man" Smith plays a doorman who helps a frazzled Jewish family deal with an unforeseen catastrophe. (Courtesy)
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At Sacramento Jewish film fest, have a ‘Bad Shabbos’ with the ‘Sabbath Queen’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 3, 2025February 4, 2025
The son of Jewish parents who fled the Nazis for safe harbor in the United States, Sen. Ron Wyden shares lessons from 40-plus career in politics in a new memoir. (Grand Central Publishing)
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Sen. Ron Wyden says the Democrats need ‘chutzpah’ to return to power

by Andrew Silow-Carroll February 3, 2025February 3, 2025
From the cover of "The Gonif" by Andy Weinberger
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Guide to pithy phrases and stolen Torah mystery in new books from local authors

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 30, 2025January 30, 2025
Mandy Aftel takes a whiff at her Aftel Archive of Curious Scents. (Foster Curry)
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Scent creator and curator Mandy Aftel on the essence of perfume — from frankincense to wet dog

by Patricia Corrigan January 29, 2025January 29, 2025
Janet Silver-Ghent and Allen Podell pose for a photograph at their home in Palo Alto, July 15, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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A staff member puts a personals ad in J. — and sparks fly

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 28, 2025January 28, 2025

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