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Cleavon Little (left) and Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles."
Posted inTV & Film

‘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.
Posted inCulture

Have a film-forward February in the Bay Area

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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)
Posted inTV & Film

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)
Posted inTV & Film

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)
Posted inPodcasts

Bay Area podcast shines light on Jews with ‘Holy Sparks’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 31, 2024July 26, 2024
Local klezmer trio Veretski Pass will lead the April 21 session of the new series.
(Photo/Courtesy Veretski Pass)
Posted inMusic

New Jewish dance and music series serves as balm in troubled times

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert January 30, 2024January 30, 2024
Don Peretz (second from left), who would later become an American Jewish Committee official studying Arab refugee affairs, in Acre while volunteering to aid displaced Arabs in February 1949. (Photo/Courtesy Deborah Peretz)
Posted inBooks

When ‘nice Jewish boys and girls’ first took up the cause of Palestinian rights

by Andrew Silow-Carroll January 29, 2024January 29, 2024
The animated series "God's Gang" features the characters (from left) Chriscross, Taekwonhindu, Ninjew and Sumuslim.
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Who is behind ‘God’s Gang,’ a new multifaith animated show that plays with Jewish and other stereotypes?

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 29, 2024February 1, 2024
Eden Bahar performing during Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza" in 2022. (Photo/Matt Beard)
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This Israeli Cirque du Soleil drummer holds a Guinness World Record

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 26, 2024January 30, 2024
Jon Stewart is returning to his old perch on "The Daily Show" — but only part-time. (Photo/Comedy Central)
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Jon Stewart is coming back to ‘The Daily Show.’ Will his old audience follow?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar January 25, 2024

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