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Participants dance through the “Red Sea” during the Deadhead seder in San Rafael on April 4. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPhotography

Annual Deadhead seder is definitely different from all others

Aaron Levy-Wolins by Aaron Levy-Wolins April 7, 2026April 14, 2026
Amy Goodman hosts progressive news program Democracy Now. (Wolfgang Schidt/Right Livelihood)
Posted inFilm

‘Steal This Story, Please!’ heralds progressive journalist, Democracy Now co-founder

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 7, 2026April 8, 2026
Isaac Mizrahi and band
Posted inCalendar

Upcoming events: Jewish bluegrass. Iranian activist. ‘Lost in Yonkers.’

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight April 7, 2026April 7, 2026
The seder plate at last year's “Coming Home: A Sensual Seder for Love and Liberation” event. (Courtesy Mira Stern)
Posted inIdeas

This seder leans on sensory experiences and a ‘liberation chic’ dress code

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 3, 2026April 6, 2026
Friedrich Torberg
Posted inBooks

A lost novel from 1943 predicted the Holocaust. Now, it has been recovered.

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov April 3, 2026April 3, 2026
Allen King
Posted inThe J. Interview

Israeli folk dancing changed his life. He’s chosen to spread the joy.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 30, 2026March 30, 2026
One of the documents translated by AI is a book, handwritten likely by a Baghdadi youth in 5603 (1902 or 1903). The book features prayers, poems and a haggadah that translates the Hebrew to Judeo-Arabic. These pages show a portion of The Four Questions. (Courtesy Voices from the Archive)
Posted inIdeas

Oakland man’s AI platform unlocks a treasure trove of Iraqi Jewish history

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 27, 2026March 27, 2026
Sarah Silverman
Posted inComedy

Sarah Silverman charms crowd as JCCSF opens $2.5M renovated Kanbar Hall

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett March 25, 2026March 25, 2026
Five new haggadahs for 2026. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
Posted inPassover

New haggadahs for 2026: Literalism, ambivalence and metaphor

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 25, 2026March 26, 2026
“The Seventh Plague” by John Martin, 1823
Posted inOff the Shelf

New book offers unconventional look at the 10 plagues

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 24, 2026March 25, 2026

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