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Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus" on sale at a French bookstore in 2017. (Photo/JTA-ActuaLitté-Flickr Commons)
Posted inComics

Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winner behind ‘Maus,’ plans graphic novel about Gaza

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen December 30, 2024December 30, 2024
A porcelain owl made by Ukrainian artists Anya Stasenko and Stava Leontyev sits in a crumbling wall in "Porcelain War." (Picturehouse 2024)
Posted inFilm

‘Porcelain War’: New documentary follows Ukrainian artists as they resist Russia’s invasion

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 26, 2024December 26, 2024
Major Jewish movies of 2024 included (clockwise from top left) "Between the Temples," "September 5," "A Complete Unknown," "The Brutalist" and "A Real Pain." (Photo illustration: Grace Yagel/70 Faces Media)
Posted inFilm

From ‘A Real Pain’ to ‘The Brutalist’ and beyond, Jewish movies were everywhere in 2024. What does it mean?

by Andrew Lapin December 26, 2024December 26, 2024
A man in a wide-brimmed hat plays guitar on stage while singing into a microphone
Posted inBay Area

Harbin Hot Springs axes Hanukkah concert after online ‘threats of violence’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 24, 2024December 26, 2024
a smiling blonde woman takes a selfie with a man dressed as Santa
Posted inTV

This Jewish S.F. native has written 12 Hallmark Christmas movies (and 2 about Hanukkah)

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen December 24, 2024December 26, 2024
A black woman sings with a choir in robes behind her
Posted inMusic

San Francisco’s Glide church may be the ‘only place where a Jewish girl can run the gospel choir’

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
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 inFirst Person

Daniel Libeskind: Why ‘The Brutalist’ resonated so deeply with me as an architect

by Daniel Libeskind December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
"Esther Denouncing Haman" by Ernest Normand, 1888. 
The Heritage Foundation's Project Esther incorrectly references the Book of Esther as part of the Torah. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTheater

New Lehrhaus class will unpack opera’s fixation on Biblical tales

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller December 18, 2024December 18, 2024
a cluster of musicians play off to the side of a stage as a black and white film plays above them
Posted inMusic

Local musicians reanimate 1937 Yiddish horror film ‘The Dybbuk’ at JCCSF

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 17, 2024December 17, 2024
Matt Kirshen, who is part of this year's "Kung Pao Kosher Comedy" show, at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley. (Dan Dion)
Posted inComedy

Annual ‘Kung Pao Kosher Comedy’ show in S.F. will laugh with host’s late ‘mamaleh’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 16, 2024December 18, 2024

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