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Jesus miraculously heals a follower in an episode of "The Chosen." (Photo/Forward-Courtesy "The Chosen")
Posted inTV & Film

The hit Christian TV show ‘The Chosen’ is all about Jesus. So why is it so Jewish?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward April 10, 2023
Iconic Israeli singer Arik Einstein (Photo/Yaakov Saar-National Photo Collection of Israel)
Posted inMusic

Why Israeli rock legend Arik Einstein wrote a strange song about San Francisco

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 10, 2023April 12, 2023
"West Covina" from "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"
Posted inThe Bagel Report

The Crazy-Ex Girlfriend Audio Haggadah

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels April 3, 2023
Adam Goldberg (left) and Richard Mazer in a scene from "The Equalizer" on CBS. (Photo/CBS-Michael Greenberg)
Posted inUncategorized

‘The Equalizer’: Jewish star of a CBS thriller confronts antisemitism on screen and off

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and Forward April 3, 2023April 3, 2023
Pamela Rose performing a Wild Women of Song show in 2010.
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: Jazz vocalist Pamela Rose on singing the blues and the Jewish women of Tin Pan Alley

by Liz Harris March 30, 2023March 30, 2023
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

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