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Oren Kroll-Zeldin at a co-resistance action near Hebron, in the West Bank, in June 2022. (Emily Glick)
Posted inBooks

‘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."
Posted inBooks

‘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
Music Director Jonathan Dimmock plays the 3,500-pipe organ at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, June 10, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inCulture

Sherith Israel’s historic pipes will offer majestic welcome to organist convention

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert June 21, 2024January 30, 2025
(From left) Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), Frenchie (Israeli actor Tomer Capone) and Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso) infiltrate a convention for right-wing conspiracy theorists in an episode of "The Boys," which culminates in a superpowered brawl set to a rock version of Hava Nagila. (Jan Thijs/Prime Video)
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Why ‘Hava Nagila’ is TV’s new fight song

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar June 20, 2024June 20, 2024
Willie Mays (left) with Jacob Shemano (center) and the Dodgers’ Leo Durocher. (Courtesy of Gary Shemano)
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‘Best friends I ever had’: Willie Mays’ treasured bond with Jewish S.F. family

Louis Keene by Louis Keene June 20, 2024June 20, 2024
Items for sale at Ankor include a hamsa clock and mezzuzot handcrafted by Israeli artists. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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New Judaica store in Palo Alto JCC focuses on Israeli artists

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss June 18, 2024July 17, 2024

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