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Screenshots from Cantor David Fair's first "I'm a cantor" video on TikTok.
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He’s a cantor, and he’s poking fun at misconceptions about his job on TikTok

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 2, 2024April 3, 2024
In "The Emperor of Atlantis," death, tired of war and bloodshed, goes on strike. (Illustration/Patrick Lay)
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In 1943, an opera was composed at a concentration camp. Now, it’s a graphic novel

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar April 2, 2024April 2, 2024
A 2012 eclipse (Photo/Flickr-Kevin Baird CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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On April 8, God will turn the sun into darkness and the moon into blood

Mira Fox by Mira Fox April 1, 2024April 1, 2024
(From left) Heidi Mendez, Kimberly Green and Roxana Rastegar in "Yearning to Breathe Free." (Photo/David Chiu)
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L.A. Jewish theater troupe brings immigrant stories from André Aciman and others to Bay Area

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 29, 2024March 29, 2024
From the cover of "Stockholm" by Noa Yedlin
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Friends hope for benefits by concealing a death in Israeli novelist’s dark comedy

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 28, 2024May 2, 2024
Joey King, as Halina, and Logan Lerman, as Andy, in a scene from "We Were the Lucky Ones." (Photo/Hulu)
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‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ uncovers a Jewish family’s buried past under the Nazis

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov March 28, 2024March 28, 2024
Comedian Modi Rosenfeld (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Rosenfeld)
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Modi, a comedian popular with Orthodox crowds, has a new special. He wants non-Jews to watch, too.

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg March 27, 2024March 27, 2024
Steven Spielberg speaks at a ceremony at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, March 25, 2024. (Photo/JTA-USC-Sean Dube)
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Steven Spielberg decries ‘machinery of extremism’ on college campuses

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis March 26, 2024March 26, 2024
At 81, Janet Silver Ghent has published her memoir. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Longtime J. staffer peppers memoir of ‘late-life love’ with humor, brutal honesty

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein March 25, 2024May 2, 2024
Benyamin Cohen looks at bust of Einstein
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‘I live and breathe Einstein’: Author to speak in Palo Alto about ‘world’s favorite genius’

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz March 22, 2024May 2, 2024

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