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Agatha Christie in 1964. (Photo/Joop van Bilsen-Anefo-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBooks

Agatha Christie novels edited to remove offensive references to Jews

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA March 29, 2023March 29, 2023
a two-page spread from the Asufa haggadah: on the left, an illustration of the characters of the Exodus as if they are on a Star Wars movie poster; on the right, the text of the "Vehi She'amda" portion of the seder
Posted inReligion

AI rushes in, but the best of 2023’s new haggadahs are human-made

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 28, 2023October 23, 2025
Daveed Diggs stars in the third episode of "Extrapolations" on Apple TV+.
Posted inThe Bagel Report

‘Extrapolations’ and AI haggadahs

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels March 27, 2023
Brenda Romero's "Train" is a board game about complicity during the Holocaust. (Photo/John McKinnon)
Posted inGames

A bestselling novel, a Holocaust-themed game, and accusations of ‘uncredited work’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 27, 2023March 29, 2023
the cover of "The World And All That it Holds"
Posted inBooks

‘The World and All That It Holds’ traces the tragic journey of a gay Jewish refugee from Sarajevo

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 24, 2023
The musical "Parade" centers on the 1913 trial of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank. (Photo/Joan Marcus)
Posted inTheater

In ‘Parade,’ a tragedy of antisemitism is timely as ever — and it wants you to notice

Rebecca Salzhauer by Rebecca Salzhauer and Forward March 23, 2023
Deborah Kaufman is the author of the "Flower Child Noir."
Posted inCulture

‘Flower Child Noir’: Berkeley filmmaker Deborah Kaufman pens a ‘poetry-memoir’

by Patricia Corrigan March 23, 2023March 23, 2023
The “California Modernist Women: Groundbreaking Creativity” exhibit at SFO (Photo/Courtesy SFO Museum)
Posted inUncategorized

Before your flight, catch this SFO exhibit of midcentury art by California women

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 22, 2023March 29, 2023
a collage of different cover art for "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" from over the years
Posted inBooks

How Judy Blume’s ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ broke taboos around interfaith marriage

Emily Schneider by Emily Schneider and JTA March 21, 2023
Daveed Diggs as a rabbi grappling with climate chance in "Extrapolations." (Photo/Courtesy Apple TV+)
Posted inOpinion

What Apple TV+’s ‘Extrapolations’ says about the Jewish future in a changed climate

by Rabbi Jennie Rosenn March 20, 2023April 5, 2023

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