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Rabbi David Minkus (left) leads a discussion at Mercaz, a community programming initiative of Congregation Rodfei Zedek in Chicago's Hyde Park. In June 2024 Minkus released "A Leaflet Drops in Shul," a podcast about his handling of an anti-Zionist congregant's actions. (Courtesy of Mercaz)
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‘A Leaflet Drops in Shul’: New podcast explores anti-Zionism at a Chicago synagogue

by Andrew Lapin July 2, 2024July 2, 2024
Kinky Friedman
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Kinky Friedman, singer and novelist who fronted the Texas Jewboys, dies at 79

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 1, 2024July 1, 2024
A group of schoolchildren read a news magazine in "June Zero," a new film depicting the Eichmann trial's reception in Israel. (Courtesy Cohen Media Group)
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‘June Zero’: Film dramatizes Adolf Eichmann’s trial through the eyes of Israelis adjacent to it

by Stephen Silver July 1, 2024July 1, 2024
Elissa Strauss (Photo/Laura Turbow Photography)
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Oakland author celebrates the ‘Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 28, 2024July 31, 2024
Oren Kroll-Zeldin at a co-resistance action near Hebron, in the West Bank, in June 2022. (Emily Glick)
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‘Unsettled’: Meet the young activist Jews standing up for Palestine in USF professor’s new book

by Sue Fishkoff June 27, 2024July 31, 2024
Anouk Aimée in "La Dolce Vita"
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What the world has lost with the death of Anouk Aimée

by Robert Zaretsky June 27, 2024June 27, 2024
Noa Silver is the author of "California Dreaming." (Photo/Nicole Lev)
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‘California Dreaming’: A Jewish millennial learns about adulting in debut novel

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 26, 2024July 31, 2024
Moshe Kasher (Photo/Messica)
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Oakland-raised comedian Moshe Kasher explores the cultures that shaped him in memoir

by Aaron Howard June 25, 2024June 25, 2024
a photo of a bearded man next to an illustration of a man standing at a podium that says "welcome rabbinical students." the man says, "first, do no ham."
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‘Funny Stuff’: Gag cartoonist in Piedmont reverse-engineers his craft in new book

by Dan Pine June 24, 2024June 25, 2024
Malik Akram, left, holds a gun to Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker in a scene from the "Colleyville" documentary. (Courtesy of Hey Jude Productions)
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With never-before-seen security cam footage, movie brings viewers inside tense hostage crisis at Texas synagogue

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen June 24, 2024June 24, 2024

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