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From the cover of "Stockholm" by Noa Yedlin
Posted inBooks

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)
Posted inTV

‘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)
Posted inUncategorized, Comedy

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)
Posted inCulture

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)
Posted inBooks

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
Posted inBooks

‘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
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

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