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Vi poses in Battery Park in New York City, dressed as her great-great-grandmother Carolina in 1881. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Watch this Oakland YouTuber recreate her great-great-grandmother’s Shabbat dress

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss June 19, 2023June 21, 2023
Bernie Lumen and his daughter Ember Lumen, characters in the new Pixar film "Elemental."
Posted inCulture

Roasting anti-semitism, getting ‘Elemental’ and celebrating dads

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels June 19, 2023June 20, 2023
two people walk past a large brick building
Posted inCulture

Chad Coerver to step down as Contemporary Jewish Museum director after two years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 16, 2023June 16, 2023
Alina Sivorinovsky, who writes under the pen name Alina Adams, is the author of "My Mother's Secret," which is set in Birobidzhan, the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Region.
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Eat, Pray, Oy Vey: Decision to pull Elizabeth Gilbert’s Russia-set book worries Jewish writers

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 16, 2023June 19, 2023
Howie Mandel was the closing act at the "Roast of Anti-Semitism" in Los Angeles on June 14. (Photo/JTA-Zusha Goldin)
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Howie Mandel and Rachel Bloom headline an LA comedy ‘Roast of Anti-Semitism’

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis June 16, 2023June 16, 2023
"Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation"
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A new version of Anne Frank’s diary is being called pornography and getting banned from schools

by Andrew Lapin June 14, 2023
Fashion in "The Gilded Age"
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Talking ‘Gilded Age’ Jewish clothes with YouTube’s favorite fashion historian

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels June 13, 2023
Tom Stoppard accepts the award for best new play for “Leopoldstadt” onstage during The 76th Annual Tony Awards at United Palace Theater in New York City, June 11, 2023. (Photo/Theo Wargo-Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Antisemitism-themed ‘Leopoldstadt’ and ‘Parade’ are big Tony Awards winners

by Andrew Lapin June 12, 2023June 12, 2023
Josh Young as Shlomo Carlebach in the 2018 Jerusalem production of "Soul Doctor." A movie version will be screened in theaters on June 13.
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Planned screening of ‘Soul Doctor’ film about Shlomo Carlebach sparks outrage

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 9, 2023June 21, 2023
Ari'el Stachel rehearses his one-man show. (Photo/Muriel Steinke)
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Tony winner Ari’el Stachel comes home to Berkeley to premiere deeply personal one-man show

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 9, 2023July 10, 2025

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