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Posted inCulture

The 10 most influential Jewish rappers of the past 50 years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 11, 2023April 17, 2024
Clockwise from top left: The Beastie Boys, Doja Cat and Rick Rubin, shown with Russell Simmons, are a few of the prominent Jewish figures from the first 50 years of hip-hop. (Photos/JTA-Getty Images; Design/JTA-Mollie Suss)
Posted inMusic

From Rick Rubin to Doja Cat, Jews have helped shape the first 50 years of hip-hop

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 11, 2023August 16, 2023
This illustration accompanied the essay "I was an Iranian Jewish refugee" by Tabby Refael in the inaugural issue of Distinctions.
Posted inCulture

New online journal elevates contemporary Sephardic and Mizrahi voices

by Dan Pine August 10, 2023August 11, 2023
Esty Marcus (left) interviews Aleeza Ben Shalom at the Lent Chabad Center, Aug. 7, 2023. (Photo/Jeff Bartee Photography)
Posted inTV & Film

Aleeza Ben Shalom of ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ brings Bay Area singles onstage at live event

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 9, 2023August 10, 2023
Herbert Sussan, seen here in Nagasaki in 1946, later said in an oral history, “All of us were absolutely stunned, and nobody could believe it was one bomb.” (Photo/Courtesy Leslie Sussan)
Posted inPhotography

Her father documented the devastation at Nagasaki and Hiroshima — now she’s considered an honorary second-generation survivor

by Jon Kalish August 9, 2023
Jamie Foxx pictured in March 2023. (Photo/JTA-Chandan Khanna-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

In antisemitism discourse around Jamie Foxx’s ‘Jesus’ post, evidence of a ‘culture clash’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales August 9, 2023
Director William Friedkin at the 2017 Stiges Film Festival in Stiges, Spain. (Photo/Wikimedia-GuillemMedina CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inObituaries

How William Friedkin, a Jewish kid from Chicago, made us fear the Catholic devil

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar August 8, 2023
Marlena Spieler wrote that she carried her signature green and white polkadot handbag "to most corners of the world." (Photo/JTA)
Posted inObituaries

Marlena Spieler, globetrotting cookbook writer, had her roots in Jewish S.F.

by Andrew Silow-Carroll August 7, 2023August 7, 2023
"The paper will have your handprints on it," student Lucas Leeds says of drawing with charcoal. "You really become part of the drawing itself." (Photo/Leslie Katz)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

With paper and charcoal, local students learn empathy for Holocaust survivors

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz August 4, 2023August 7, 2023
Clockwise from top left: Ilya Kaminsky, Yetzirah founder Jessica Jacobs, Rodger Kamenetz and Alicia Ostriker. (Photo illustration/Forward- Matthew Litman; Photos/Cory Weller)
Posted inCulture

Finally, something wonderful is happening in the world of Jewish poetry

by Aviya Kushner August 4, 2023August 4, 2023

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