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(Images courtesy of Max Fefer and Hit Point Press/Design by Mollie Suss)
Posted inCulture

With goblins, spellcasters and holiday heroes, board game makers are imagining new Jewish worlds

by Lindsay Eanet May 12, 2023
Fans say Miriam Ezagui grew a large following through the authenticity of her daily life. (Photo/JTA-Miriam Ezagui-TikTok)
Posted inTech

With 1.6M followers, TikTok influencer Miriam Ezagui teaches the masses about her Orthodox lifestyle

by Elizabeth Karpen and JTA May 11, 2023
The Ferris Wheels, with Rabbi Yehuda Ferris front and center, plays at the Bay Street Mall menorah lighting in Emeryville in 2021. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inMusic

The Ferris Wheels, a Chabad rabbi’s cover band, mix classic rock with Jewish ruach

by Dan Pine May 11, 2023May 12, 2023
(From left) Christine Dwyer, Leo Ash Evens and Nkrumah Gatling in "Ragtime" at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, June 2-26. TheatreWorks is one of dozens of Bay Area arts institutions to receive grants from the Koret Foundation announced May 8, 2023. (Photo/David Allen)
Posted inCulture

Koret Foundation injects $6M into Bay Area’s major arts institutions

by J. Staff May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
Jan, played by Joe Cole, and Miep, played by Bel Powley, embrace in "A Small Light." (Photo/Courtesy National Geographic)
Posted inTV & Film

A new Miep Gies show hails Anne Frank’s protector — but ignores the collaborators

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward May 9, 2023
Tupac Shakur (left) met Leila Steinberg when he was a 17-year-old senior at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley. She managed him from 1989 to 1993. (Photo/Kathy Crawford)
Posted inMusic

‘Dear Mama’: Leila Steinberg, Tupac’s first manager, sees new docuseries as a chance to heal

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 9, 2023June 22, 2023
Two young women, one standing and one sitting, smile for the camera.
Posted inCulture

Talking Jews and Asians in pop culture with The LUNAR Collective

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
“The Scottsboro Boys" has a nearly all-Black cast and uses the structure of a minstrel show as a narrative device to expose the racism of white Southerners. (Photo/42nd Street Moon)
Posted inTheater

‘Scottsboro Boys’: Kander and Ebb’s musical about racism and injustice playing in S.F.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 5, 2023May 11, 2023
Rabbi Michael Wolk stands in his rabbi-character costume outside the production trailers for "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," which filmed in his synagogue, Temple Israel of Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photos/Courtesy Michael Wolk, Louis Davidson)
Posted inFilm

Meet the real-life rabbi in the synagogue scene of ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 4, 2023
Aleeza (left) and Ori in "Jewish Matchmaking." (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Jewish Matchmaking,’ diverse Jews experience Orthodox dating practices

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 3, 2023

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