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Maya Arad (Photo/Mira Mamon)
Posted inBooks

‘The Hebrew Teacher’: Maya Arad cracks open lives of Israeli expats in first book in English

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 19, 2024May 2, 2024
Jonathan Glazer, winner of the Best International Feature Film award for “The Zone of Interest”, onstage in the press room at the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Kravitz-FilmMagic)
Posted inLocal Voice

I wasn’t surprised that Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech ignited hysteria

Deborah Kaufman (Photo/Courtesy) by Deborah Kaufman March 18, 2024March 18, 2024
William Shatner in "You Can Call Me Bill" (Screenshot from trailer)
Posted inFilm

A new William Shatner documentary is more meet-and-greet than film

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar March 18, 2024March 18, 2024
Rick Estrin (Photo/Rachel Kumar)
Posted inMusic

Harmonica ace Rick Estrin started in S.F. as ‘almost a novelty — a white guy who plays blues’

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert March 14, 2024March 14, 2024
Eden Golan (center) in the music video for "Hurricane," Israel's entry for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. (Screenshot via YouTube)
Posted inMusic

Music video for ‘Hurricane,’ Israel’s Eurovision entry, released after changes that tone down references to Oct. 7

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg March 14, 2024
Jonathan Glazer, winner of the Best International Feature Film award for “The Zone of Interest”, onstage in the press room at the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Kravitz-FilmMagic)
Posted inFilm

Jewish reactions to Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech point to growing divide over Holocaust rhetoric

by Andrew Lapin March 13, 2024March 14, 2024
As at many cultural events, artists have protested the Israel-Hamas war at the SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas. (Photo/JTA-Samantha Burkardt-SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

80+ bands pull out of South by Southwest to protest festival’s ties to Israeli military

by Andrew Lapin March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
In February 2021, Kestenbaum & Company, a Brooklyn firm that has specialized in Judaica, pulled off its catalogue what the Jewish Community of Cluj, Romania, says is a 19th-century ledger from its Jewish burial society.  (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Kestenbaum & Company)
Posted inOpinion

For every looted Schiele, there are countless looted Jewish artifacts. They need to be returned to their rightful owners, too.

Gideon Taylor by Gideon Taylor March 12, 2024
Sign announcing galleries are closed at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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Yerba Buena Center’s CEO quits after facing ‘antisemitic backlash’ to exhibit closure

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 7, 2024March 7, 2024
Pianist Noam Lemish grew up in Tel Aviv and studied jazz at Sonoma State University. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inMusic

Pianist and Sonoma State alum Noam Lemish returns to Bay Area for jazz shows

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert March 6, 2024March 6, 2024

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