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Jonathan Glazer’s film shows the idyllic country on the threshold of hell. (Photo/Courtesy A24)
Posted inTV & Film

‘The Zone of Interest’ asks: Why would a family want to live at Auschwitz?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar December 12, 2023
A Hanukkah celebration at the Eiffel Tower in 2016. (Photo/Flickr-Chabad.org CC BY 2.0)
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How a Hanukkah faux-pas ignited a political firestorm in France

by Robert Zaretsky December 11, 2023
a black and white of bernstein seated at a piano, making annotations on a piece of sheet music
Posted inFilm

Leonard Bernstein was far more Jewish than you’d know from ‘Maestro’

Mira Fox by Mira Fox December 8, 2023December 8, 2023
It’s Hanukkah time at Hallmark, so everyone must wear blue. (Photo/Courtesy Hallmark)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Round and Round’: Hallmark’s new Hanukkah movie makes fun of Hallmark holiday movies

Mira Fox by Mira Fox December 6, 2023
Norman Lear attends the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony honoring Marla Gibbs on July 20, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Amy Sussman-Getty Images)
Posted inTV & Film

Norman Lear, Jewish creator of pioneering TV comedies including ‘All in the Family,’ dies at 101

by Andrew Lapin December 6, 2023
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

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