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Paul Canin, a retired architect and World War II veteran, at his floating home in the Berkeley Marina, May 11, 2023. This article was produced in partnership with Berkeleyside, which provided the photos. (Photo/Ximena Natera-Berkeleyside-CatchLight)
Posted inObituaries

With a brush made of his own hair, he painted to survive in a Nazi POW camp

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 24, 2024May 14, 2024
Trina Robbins (center) with Jan Duursema (left) and Carol Kalish on the "Women in Comics" panel at the 1982 San Diego Comic Con. (Photo/Alan Light CC BY 2.0)
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Trina Robbins, 85, the first woman to draw a full issue of ‘Wonder Woman’

by JTA and J. Staff April 24, 2024April 24, 2024
Anna Próchniak as Gita and Jonah Hauer-King as Lali in Peacock's "The Tattooist of Auschwitz." (Photo/Martin Mlaka-Sky UK)
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‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ tackles a Holocaust love story based on real events

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov April 22, 2024May 1, 2024
(From left) Daniel Thrasher, Michaela Watkins, Carol Kane, Henry Hall and Dan Bakkedahl in “Dinner with the Parents,” an American riff on the British Shabbat sitcom “Friday Night Dinner.” (Photo/Olly Courtney-CBS)
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‘Dinner with the Parents’: A Jewish sitcom from Britain gets remade in American suburbia

by Dan Friedman April 19, 2024April 19, 2024
Kara Yugoff (left) chats with Nila Rosen during a mob wife–themed mahjong pop-up at an Italian restaurant in San Francisco, March 13, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inCulture

‘Like poker night for women’: Younger generations are clicking with mahjong

by Emma Goss April 18, 2024April 20, 2024
Detail of an illustration from "The Awful Omen," A. J. Sass's contribution to the "On All Other Nights" anthology. (Illustration/Shannon Hochman)
Posted inBooks

Oakland writer A. J. Sass uses the afikomen hunt to explore a nonbinary child’s hopes and anxieties

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 17, 2024May 2, 2024
Italian soldiers stand guard in front of Israel's pavilion during the pre-opening of the Venice Biennale art show, on April 16, 2024 in Venice.  (Photo/JTA-Gabriel Bouys-AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel’s representative at Venice Biennale shuts down art exhibit, demanding ceasefire and hostage deal

by Andrew Lapin April 17, 2024
Scott Horwitz (left) pictured for his 1979 bar mitzvah and in August 2013 (right) with his daughter Sara Horwitz, son Josh Horwitz and wife Missy Mastel for Sara’s bat mitzvah at Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco. (Photos/Courtesy Horwitz)
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Beth Sholom member finished chanting the entire Torah — with a little nudge from his wife

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 16, 2024April 17, 2024
Moses (Avi Azulay, center) in between his siblings Aaron (Ishai Golan) and Miriam (Reymonde Amsellem) in "Testament: The Story of Moses." (Photo/Netflix)
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We found 430 inaccuracies in Netflix’s Moses docuseries ‘Testament’

Rabbi Shlomo Litvin (Photo/Courtesy) by Rabbi Shlomo Litvin April 16, 2024April 16, 2024
Drake gets comfy in an armchair
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Latest rap beef wraps in Drake, rhinoplasty and pastrami

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 15, 2024May 7, 2024

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