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This photo by Tal Goldstein will be in the "October Rain" community art exhibit at the Los Gatos JCC in October. (Tal Goldstein)
Posted inArt

‘Even if we look normal, we are not’: Anguish pours out of ‘October Rain’ exhibit in Los Gatos

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 27, 2024September 27, 2024
Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Noah in "Nobody Wants This." (Stefania Rosini/Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

How a real-life rabbi coached Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ about making interfaith relationships realistic

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov September 26, 2024September 26, 2024
Named the Afghan Liturgical Quire, some believe it is the oldest Jewish book in existence. (Museum of the Bible)
Posted inHistory

Museum of the Bible unveils world’s ‘oldest Jewish book’ in new exhibit

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev September 25, 2024September 25, 2024
Etgar Keret and his wife Shira Geffen speak about their work in Ness Ziona, Israel, Aug. 28, 2024. (Via Facebook)
Posted inBooks

Why writer Etgar Keret wants to get back to Israel as soon as he can

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 23, 2024September 23, 2024
a young woman talks to several children in a museum gallery
Posted inSPONSORED CONTENT

How The Contemporary Jewish Museum is shifting the paradigm in K-5 education

by Rachel Lehmann-Haupt September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill promoting the restitution of art and personal property looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust. (Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom)
Posted inCalifornia

California passes law to help Holocaust survivors and heirs recover Nazi-looted art

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
Netanyahu speaks at a lectern, flanked by Israeli flags
Posted inFilm

New documentary ‘The Bibi Files’ paints an unflattering portrait of Netanyahu. Will Israelis ever see it?

by Andrew Lapin September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
American Modern Opera Company performs Olivier Messiaen’s “Harawi.” From left: Julia Bullock, Or Schraiber, Bobbi Jene Smith and Conor Hanick. (Hanne Engwald)
Posted inDance

Techniques from Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company infuse ‘Harawi,’ opera premiering in U.S. at UC Berkeley

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert September 18, 2024September 23, 2024
Noah Rinsky and his guide to being an Old Jewish Man. (Canva/Photo by Liana Satenstein)
Posted inBooks

Old Jewish Men — and all aspiring to that status — now have a guide of their own

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar September 18, 2024September 18, 2024
The artist Mark Podwal in his studio in 2007 (Wikipedia)
Posted inObituaries

Artist and physician Mark Podwal, whose distinctive work adorned museums, synagogues and opinion pages, dies at 79

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 17, 2024September 17, 2024

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