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David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji Kaplan (Kieran Culkin) take a train to Majdanek while on a tour of Poland in “A Real Pain.” (Courtesy Searchlight Pictures)
Posted inFilm

‘A Real Pain’ is Jesse Eisenberg’s love letter to Poland, the country his family left under duress

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg November 4, 2024November 4, 2024
a woman playing violin and a man playing accordion on stage
Posted inMusic

Paintings and ‘Music of the Holocaust’ concert will mark Kristallnacht in East Bay

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 1, 2024November 1, 2024
a man with a mustache and beard grins menacingly as he holds up a skull inscribed all over with letters and numbers
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: Founder of Center for Monster Studies isn’t scared when the lights go down

by Sue Fishkoff October 30, 2024October 31, 2024
Meyers stands on stage holding a microphone
Posted inComedy

Is Seth Meyers Jewish? His wife, kids and jokes are.

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen October 30, 2024October 30, 2024
and old woman holds up small artworks of a sun and a christmas tree
Posted inArt

For seniors at Campus for Jewish Living, art is solace, relief and ‘happy place’ 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 29, 2024October 29, 2024
Trump shrugs while speaking at a lectern with the RJC logo on it
Posted inOpinion

The humorless cruelty of Trump supporters is an insult to the Jewish tradition of insult comedy

by Benjamin Ivry October 29, 2024October 29, 2024
a red-haired young man hugs someone in the sunshine
Posted inBay Area

Tension over hiring an Israeli counselor roiled a Bay Area music camp and ended friendships

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 28, 2024October 28, 2024
a woman in a tricorn hat sits at a table draped in an American flag writing with a quill
Posted inArt

Quill in hand, Bay Area Jewish artist scribes the Constitution to inspire voters

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 28, 2024October 30, 2024
black and white photo of a man lighting two tall candles. a woman stands next to him holding a microphone.
Posted inObituaries

Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist who hosted musical Passover seders, dies at 84

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer October 28, 2024October 28, 2024
Ayelet Tsabari is the author of "Songs for the Brokenhearted" (Elsin Davidi)
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Songs for the Brokenhearted’: Ayelet Tsabari explores a Yemeni Israeli family and identity in her debut novel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 25, 2024November 21, 2024

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