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Detail from a lithograph of a micrography Book of Jonah completed in 1897 by Moses Elijah Goldstein of Frankfurt am Main. (Photo/Library of Congress)
Posted inFiction

Novel excerpt: ‘Forget I Told You This’

Hilary Zaid by Hilary Zaid August 2, 2023August 2, 2023
Posted inOff the Shelf

Israeli author Eshkol Nevo’s novel in three parts explores yearning and betrayal

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 2, 2023August 2, 2023
Students at the Academy for Jewish Religion in Yonkers, New York study a biblical text through circus movement in 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ora Horn Prouser, from “Under One Tent”)
Posted inBooks

In their classroom, Torah is a three-ring circus — by design

by Andrew Silow-Carroll August 1, 2023
Ruth Mark Eglash is the author of "Parallel Lines." (Photo/Ariel Jerozolimski)
Posted inBooks

In ‘Parallel Lines,’ Israeli journalist uses fiction to untangle Mideast conflict

by Dan Pine August 1, 2023June 17, 2024
Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman in the 2016 movie "Pee-wee's Big Holiday."
Posted inObituaries

Paul Reubens, son of a founding Israeli Air Force pilot and father of Pee-wee Herman, dies at 70

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar July 31, 2023
Nancy Zimmerman Pechner (center), her mom Alice (left) and sister Beverly at a Zim's restaurant in 1969. Pechner's father Art Zimmerman founded the popular S.F. burger chain. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inBooks

Behind Zim’s hamburgers was a family in turmoil

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 31, 2023July 31, 2023
Kanye West seen in Los Angeles, Oct. 21, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Rachpoot - Bauer-Griffin via Getty)
Posted inTech

Kanye West is back on Twitter/X after reportedly agreeing not to post antisemitic content

by Ron Kampeas July 30, 2023July 30, 2023
Marnina Schon, a Berkeley-born member of SAG-AFTRA, picketing outside Netflix's Los Angeles office on July 26, 2023. (Photo/Darnell M. Johnson)
Posted inCalifornia

‘There’s no giving up’: Jewish voices from the Hollywood strikes

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and Dan Pine July 26, 2023July 31, 2023
Varun Dhawan (left) and Janhvi Kapoor in a scene from "Bawaal" set at Auschwitz. (Photo/Amazon Prime)
Posted inCulture

In Amazon’s new Bollywood movie, a couple visits Auschwitz to heal their marriage

by Andrew Lapin July 26, 2023
Raggedy Ann filled Janet Silver Ghent with joy when she was a girl. But by the time she was a mom, it was tough to stave off Barbie. (Photo/wallpaperflare.com CC0)
Posted inSeniors

I couldn’t keep Barbie out of the house, but my son had a solution

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent July 25, 2023July 26, 2023

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