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Harvey Milk is one of the book's subjects. (Illustration/Iris Gottleib, Courtesy Harper Collins)
Posted inCulture

‘What Jewish Looks Like’: Children’s book highlights 36 diverse ‘heroes’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 3, 2024November 21, 2024
Lisa Geduldig (left) and her mother, Arline Geduldig, at an improv workshop. (Courtesy Lisa Geduldig)
Posted inComedy

One final ‘Lockdown Comedy’ will honor the memory of late-in-life comic Arline Geduldig

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 30, 2024August 30, 2024
Rabbi Michael Lerner in the Interfaith Coalition tent at Occupy Oakland in 2011. (Photo/B Hartford J Strong via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
Posted inCulture

With the passing of Rabbi Michael Lerner, looking back on Tikkun magazine

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 29, 2024August 30, 2024
A screen displays info about the Nova festival at The Nova Music Festival Exhibition: "October 7th 06:29 AM, The Moment Music Stood Still." (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images for The Nova Music Festival Exhibition)
Posted inFirst Person

Why everyone should go see the Nova Exhibition in Los Angeles

by Josh Katz August 27, 2024August 27, 2024
An ornately embroidered bag with a handle and some red Hebrew text
Posted inJudaica

Magnes exhibit on Jewish lives in Muslim lands: ‘What the world needs right now’

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz August 26, 2024August 26, 2024
Elements and renderings of the "Nova Heaven" Burning Man installation. (Courtesy of Nova Heaven)
Posted inMusic

This year’s Burning Man features a massive tribute to the Nova festival victims and their spirit

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis August 26, 2024August 26, 2024
Reider sits playing the accordion. The album cover is superimposed to his left.
Posted inMusic

Oakland composer Sam Reider puts Jewish folklore’s most famous monster to music 

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert August 23, 2024September 23, 2024
Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane in "Between the Temples"
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‘Between the Temples’ director’s biggest (and most Jewish) film yet is built on chaos

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 19, 2024August 19, 2024
An exhibit on the artwork and life story of Ary Arcadie Lochakov is on display in the San Francisco Ferry Building. (David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inCulture

He died in the Holocaust. Then his artwork appeared on a bench in San Francisco. Now it will head to Paris.

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 16, 2024August 20, 2024
The cover of the Yiddish edition of the second Harry Potter book
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As the second Yiddish Harry Potter book arrives, J.K. Rowling is she who must not be named

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar August 14, 2024August 14, 2024

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