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A jazzy door in Kikar Hamusica (Music Square) on Yoel Moshe Salomon Street in downtown Jerusalem, where the shops, restaurants and a museum are devoted to music. (Photo/Rachel Fisher)
Posted inIsrael

Check out 15 of the coolest doors in Israel

by Rachel Fisher September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
(JTA illustration by Mollie Suss)
Posted inBooks

The buzzy novel ‘Whalefall’ offers a modern spin on the ancient Book of Jonah

Rabbi Stuart Halpern by Rabbi Stuart Halpern September 21, 2023
Gertrude Stein poses in front of the portrait of her that Picasso painted in 1906. (Photo/Getty Images)
Posted inArt

A Paris exhibit explores the friendship between Oakland-raised Gertrude Stein and Picasso

by Mervyn Rothstein September 20, 2023September 20, 2023
Bryna Rifkind examines tzitizt at a Sept. 3 session of Or Shalom Jewish Community's tallit-making class. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inReligion

PHOTOS: At Or Shalom in SF, making prayer personal with custom tallits

by J. Staff September 19, 2023September 20, 2023
Israeli-born pianist Tom Borrow (Photo/Michael Pavia)
Posted inMusic

‘Incandescent’ Israeli concert pianist Tom Borrow, just 22, to perform in Berkeley amid world tour

by Stav Ziv September 18, 2023September 29, 2023
Adam Mansbach is the author of "The Golem of Brooklyn." (Photo/Susan Chainey)
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In Adam Mansbach’s latest novel, a golem confronts white nationalists in present-day Kentucky

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
A scene from "Bad Boy," created by "Euphoria" creator Ron Leshem. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Sipur)
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Why the Israeli ‘Euphoria’ creator couldn’t wait to go to jail

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
An illustration by Renia Metallinou from "Zhen Yu and the Snake" by Erica Lyons.
Posted inBooks

A Talmudic tale gets a 12th-century Chinese twist in children’s book aimed at diverse Jewish readers

by Jordyn Haime September 12, 2023September 19, 2023
(From left) The Thing, Spidey and Spin in the upcoming Rosh Hashanah episode of "Spidey and his Amazing Friends."
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Spider-Man and his ‘Amazing Friends’ save Rosh Hashanah on preschool series

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 12, 2023September 12, 2023
Rabbi Alan Lew, right, tells story of how he and Norman Fischer (left) got accidentally drunk one time, as Fischer tries to make him shut up, Nov. 1995. (Photo/Phil Head)
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How a book by San Francisco’s ‘Zen Rabbi’ became a High Holidays classic

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 10, 2023September 11, 2023

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