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Gratz Cohen grew up in a slaveholding Jewish family in Georgia and fought for the Confederacy. (Photo/Courtesy Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site)
Posted inOff the Shelf

S.F. author reckons with Southern Jews’ slave ownership in ‘Liberty Street’

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 15, 2024May 16, 2024
"Before It Goes Dark" will be performed in San Francisco on May 22. (Photo/Verismo Communications)
Posted inOn Stage

‘Before It All Goes Dark’: Newspaper article about Nazi-looted art inspires opera coming to S.F.

by Howard Reich May 14, 2024May 15, 2024
Eden Golan performs for Israel at the Eurovision Grand Final, May 11, 2024. (Photo/Sarah Louise Bennett-EBU)
Posted inMusic

Israel’s Eden Golan places fifth at the Eurovision Song Contest

Talya Zax by Talya Zax May 13, 2024May 13, 2024
A screenshot of the viral "Is your fav author a zionist" Google spreadsheet shows some of the reasons that the document's creators deemed writers pro- and anti-Israel. (Screenshot)
Posted inBooks

‘Is your fav author a zionist???’: Viral list reignites antisemitism fears in the literary world

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 10, 2024
Drake performs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto in 2016. (Photo/Flickr-The Come Up Show CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inFirst Person

Drake lost the Great Rap War of 2024 — and so did Jews

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 9, 2024May 13, 2024
Eden Golan, rehearsing “Hurricane” at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden. (Photo/Sarah Louise Bennett-European Broadcasting Union)
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Eden Golan’s impossible mission — conquer Eurovision and redefine Israel’s image

Talya Zax by Talya Zax May 9, 2024
Macklemore performs onstage in Seattle in December. (Photo/JTA-Mat Hayward-Getty Images)
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Rapper Macklemore defends pro-Palestinian college protests and condemns Israel in new track

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 8, 2024May 8, 2024
"Courtyard Terezin" by Malva Schaleck. (Courtesy ORT/Art and the Holocaust)
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In concentration camps, Jewish artists painted in secret, hid their work and traded art for food

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz May 7, 2024May 7, 2024
Nathan Thrall (right) discusses his book, "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama," with moderator Mark Danner at the JCCSF on Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo/Screenshot)
Posted inBooks

Bay Area native Nathan Thrall wins Pulitzer; S.F. reporter Peter Waldman named finalist

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 6, 2024June 24, 2024
(From left) Jerry Seinfeld as Bob Cabana, Adrian Martinez as Tom Carvel, Jack McBrayer as Steve Schwinn, Thomas Lennon as Harold Von Braunhut, Bobby Moynihan as Chef Boyardee and James Marsden as Jack LaLanne in “Unfrosted.” (Photo/John P. Johnson-Netflix)
Posted inFilm

In ‘Unfrosted,’ Jerry Seinfeld plays with his food

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar May 3, 2024May 3, 2024

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