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Actor and author Brett Gelman is best known for his role as Murray in "Stranger Things." (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inBooks

S.F. bookshop: ‘Stranger Things’ actor’s ‘intemperate’ remarks led to cancellation

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 12, 2024May 2, 2024
A woman places a lawn sign with the slogan “Stand Up To Jewish Hate” during a scene from a Super Bowl advertisement from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism. (Screenshot)
Posted inSports

What is ‘Jewish hate’? Super Bowl ad leaves some confused

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld February 12, 2024
Israelis featured on the @israelsowhite Instagram account, which celebrates diverse Jewish heritage and pokes fun at claims that Israelis are “white colonizers.” (Photo/Courtesy Ben Younger)
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Instagram’s ‘IsraelSoWhite’ mocks notion of Israelis as ‘white colonizers’

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz February 12, 2024February 12, 2024
Clarence Jones in an ad from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism that will air during the Super Bowl on Feb. 11. (Photo/Courtesy of FCAS)
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Civil rights icon Clarence Jones stars in Super Bowl ad about racism and antisemitism

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 9, 2024February 12, 2024
The slogan "Arbeit Macht Frei" is seen over the gateway to the Nazi concentration camp of Theresienstadt. (Photo/Matthias Köhne via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0)
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What we keep getting wrong about the Holocaust

by Julia M. Klein February 8, 2024
Cleavon Little (left) and Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles."
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‘Blazing Saddles’ marks a half-century of hilarity — and controversy

by Stephen Silver February 7, 2024
Scene from "All We Carry," a documentary about Honduran migrants showing at Jewish Film Institute's WinterFest.
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Have a film-forward February in the Bay Area

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 6, 2024February 8, 2024
Bob Dylan was among the artists who recorded "We Are the World" in 1985. (Photo/Netflix)
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Stevie Wonder’s impression of Bob Dylan is highlight of ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar February 5, 2024February 6, 2024
When Marty Funkhouser (right, played by Bob Einstein) tells Larry David he can’t compete in the big golf tournament because it’s on Shabbat, David says, “You’re Koufaxing us?” (Photo/Courtesy of HBO)
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The oral history of ‘Palestinian Chicken,’ Larry David’s favorite episode of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

Louis Keene by Louis Keene February 2, 2024February 2, 2024
Saul Kaye interviews local rabbis, musicians and others on "The Holy Sparks Podcast." (Photo/Ron Kardos)
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Bay Area podcast shines light on Jews with ‘Holy Sparks’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 31, 2024July 26, 2024

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