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Promotional art of Sebastian the crab, voiced by Daveed Diggs, as he appears in Disney's new live action remake of "The Little Mermaid."
Posted inTV & Film

Daveed Diggs is playing a crab in ‘The Little Mermaid’ — is that kosher?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar May 23, 2023
Comedian Pamela Schuller goes on a date with Stuart in an episode of "Jewish Matchmaking." (Photo/Courtesy Schuller)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Jewish Matchmaking’ and Jewish geography with comedian Pamela Schuller

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels May 22, 2023May 22, 2023
Performance of the Kovno ghetto orchestra. (Photo/Courtesy US.. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Posted inMusic

‘Songs of Truth’ brings music of composers slain in Holocaust to Bay Area

by Dan Pine May 22, 2023May 22, 2023
Leah Ai Tian is the hero of "The Last Jewish Daughter of Kaifeng." (Photo/JTA-Courtesy FairSquare Comics)
Posted inComics

An Asian-Jewish superhero fights the 1970s Chinese mob in comic book debut

Julian Voloj by Julian Voloj May 22, 2023
From the cover of "The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants" by Orlando Ortega-Medina
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Fitful Sleep of Immigrants’: Novel set in S.F. peels back the layers of a gay Jew’s psyche

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 19, 2023May 19, 2023
Challah and matzah ball soup are now available in "The Sims," a virtual simulation game played by millions of people.
Posted inGames

‘The Sims’ video game adds Jewish foods, a longtime request of Jewish players

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 18, 2023May 18, 2023
Paul Newman as Ari Ben Canaan in "Exodus."
Posted inBooks

‘Exodus’ was the bestselling novel that shaped a generation of Jews — does anybody still read it?

by Jenny Singer May 17, 2023May 17, 2023
Aleeza Ben Shalom relates easily to her clients, no matter their observance level. (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inTV

Aleeza Ben Shalom made me fall in love with ‘Jewish Matchmaking’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 17, 2023May 22, 2023
From the cover of "Dyed in Crimson" by Zev Eleff
Posted inCulture

Before Koufax, there was Arnold Horween, a Jewish Harvard football captain who changed American sports

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis May 15, 2023
Nakysha Osadchey from Kansas City, Missouri, (left) is looking for someone who understands her multicultural background as a Black Reform Jew on "Jewish Matchmaking." (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inThe Bagel Report

What Jewish moms and Jewish matchmakers mean in pop culture

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels May 15, 2023May 15, 2023

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