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Barbra Streisand with director William Wyler (left) and Omar Sharif on the set of the film "Funny Girl," 1968. (Photo/JTA-Columbia Pictures-Getty Images)
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The most Jewish moments from Barbra Streisand’s new memoir

by Stephen Silver December 5, 2023
Detail of the cover of “Quill & Still” by Aaron Sofaer
Posted inBooks

Local authors explore ‘rewilding,’ queer Jewish fantasy, 20th-century wars

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 4, 2023May 2, 2024
Nes and Stilla in the music video for "Harbu Darbu."
Posted inMusic

Why the No. 1 song in Israel represents a radical shift in Israeli pop music

by Tani Levitt December 4, 2023
"La Récolte des Foins, Eragny" by Camille Pissarro, 1887
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A Jewish artist so gifted, he could even teach a stone to paint

by Steven Kellman December 1, 2023
Rabbi Nosson Potash of Cole Valley Chabad fills a menorah made out of a Qassam rocket with candles as his 4-year-old son Shimon looks on. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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S.F. Chabad rabbi’s menorah turns a Qassam rocket into a beacon of peace

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein November 30, 2023December 4, 2023
(From left) Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie in "The Curse." (Photo/Courtesy Showtime)
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Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s ‘The Curse’ is a deeply Jewish reflection on America’s original sins

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar November 30, 2023January 16, 2024
Akiva and Chava Hart and their six children converted to Judaism on Nov. 5, 2023. Then the married couple got married again in a Jewish ceremony. (Photo/Levi Lehman)
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‘House of Lev’: A former hip hop dancer and a makeup artist document their new Orthodox life online

Debra Nussbaum Cohen by Debra Nussbaum Cohen November 29, 2023November 29, 2023
Herbert Gold at home in August of 2021. (Photo/George Barahona)
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Herbert Gold, San Francisco novelist who mined his own Jewish upbringing, dies at 99

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 27, 2023
Willie "The Lion" Smith in his apartment in Manhattan, ca. January 1947. (Photo/William P. Gottlieb-Library of Congress)
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Remembering Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith, one of jazz’s first Jewish stars

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert November 22, 2023November 22, 2023
As1one, from left, is: Nadav Phillips, Ohad Attia, Aseel Farah, Niv Lin, Neta Rozenblat and Sadik Dogosh. (Photo/JTA-Screenshot from TikTok)
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The world’s first Israeli-Palestinian boy band accidentally picked a wild moment to make their debut

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

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