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Several men and women crowd around a piano while a man plays
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Meet the fiercely Zionist French Jews who have created a ‘kibbutz’ on the Peninsula

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 24, 2024August 2, 2024
The cover of "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" superimposed over a photo of Gabrielle Zevin speaking into a microphone
Posted inBooks

How Gabrielle Zevin’s ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ became an unlikely lightning rod in literary fights over the Israel-Hamas war

by Andrew Lapin July 24, 2024July 24, 2024
Rabbi Adina Allen is the co-founder of the Jewish Studio Project and the author of "The Place of All Possibility" (Sarah Deragon)
Posted inArt

‘The Place of All Possibility’: In Berkeley rabbi’s first book, how to engage with Jewish text by making art

by Sue Fishkoff July 23, 2024July 31, 2024
"The Ride Ahead" uses a blend of cinematic techniques, including animation, to tell a compelling coming-of-age story. (SFJFF)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival: ‘The Ride Ahead’ follows a young disabled man’s quest to live independently

Denise Sherer Jacobson (Courtesy) by Denise Sherer Jacobson July 22, 2024July 23, 2024
Mallory Lewis, Shari Lewis’ daughter, smiles as she holds Lamb Chop during the opening night of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, July 18, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFilm

Lamb Chop at S.F. Jewish Film Fest opening night: ‘I 100% identify as a Jew!’

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 19, 2024July 22, 2024
The cast and crew of "The Assembly" entering the gates of Auschwitz, Oct. 16, 2022. (SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Festival: ‘The Assembly’ sees the Holocaust through young musicians’ eyes

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent July 19, 2024July 22, 2024
Most rabbis will not authorize a conversion to Judaism from inside prison, citing lack of access to resources and questions about motivation. (Illustration by Grace Yagel/70 Faces Media)
Posted inPodcasts

‘Tales of the Unbound’: Podcast chronicles Jewish conversions of incarcerated men seeking atonement

by Andrew Lapin July 18, 2024July 19, 2024
Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur (Claude Truong-Ngoc/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Living with Our Dead’: A French rabbi reflects on death in a powerful bestseller, now out in English

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 17, 2024July 31, 2024
Israeli actor Shira Haas as Sabra in the trailer for "Captain America: Brave New World." (Screenshot)
Posted inTV & Film

Did Marvel’s ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ really change an Israeli superhero into a Russian?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar July 17, 2024July 17, 2024
Tribal leader and Sogorea Te’ Land Trust co-founder Corrina Gould speaks at the West Berkeley Shellmound rematriation celebration on Saturday. (Kelly Sullivan/Berkeleyside)
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Jewish allies join Ohlone to celebrate transfer of West Berkeley Shellmound to Indigenous hands

Frances Dinkelspiel by Frances Dinkelspiel July 16, 2024July 16, 2024

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