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Josh Greene directed "Waves Apart," a documentary about the antisemitic history of surfing. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Greene)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Surf Nazis’: New documentary explores surfing’s history of antisemitism

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA February 17, 2023
the bagel report logo shows the hosts of the podcast illustrated as bagels, with a Hollywood-style sign behind them that says "The Bagel Report"
Posted inThe Bagel Report

Post-Super Bowl, post-Valentine’s pop culture roundup

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels February 17, 2023February 17, 2023
Tova Ricardo
Posted inPoetry

A Black History Month poem: i think a lot about color

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo February 16, 2023February 16, 2023
Rabbi Gordon Freeman wearing the tallit his daughters gave him, which has the names of all his grandchildren on it. He is standing by a painting from The Sh'ma Project, which he and two friends put together.
Posted inJewish Life

Why this local rabbi is embracing his 80s with a second bar mitzvah

by Liz Harris February 15, 2023
Ho Feng-Shan poses for a photo taken while he was a Chinese consul in Egypt. (Photo/JTA-Carlos Avila Gonzalez-The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
Posted inBooks

Novel about Chinese rescuer of Jews raises questions of fact vs. fiction in Holocaust stories

by Jordyn Haime and JTA February 14, 2023February 15, 2023
A scene from "SHTTL," which will be screened at both the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival and the Jewish Film Institute's WinterFest.
Posted inCulture

East Bay Jewish film fest and JFI’s WinterFest bring dozens of movies to Bay Area

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 14, 2023January 29, 2024
an image of a big-nosed goblin from the video game
Posted inGames

Are the goblins in the new ‘Harry Potter’ video game really antisemitic?

Jacob Henry by Jacob Henry and JTA February 13, 2023
L. Peter Callender as Louis Armstrong in "Satchmo at the Waldorf." (Photo/Dave Lepori)
Posted inTheater

‘Satchmo at the Waldorf’: San Jose play probes Black jazz great’s ties with Jews

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 10, 2023February 13, 2023
(Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel; Images/Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1953, Creative Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Can a Jewish fan watch the Super Bowl with a clean conscience? The rabbis had thoughts.

Rabba Yaffa Epstein by Rabba Yaffa Epstein and JTA February 10, 2023February 10, 2023
the bagel report logo shows the hosts of the podcast illustrated as bagels, with a Hollywood-style sign behind them that says "The Bagel Report"
Posted inCulture

‘You People’: A Bagel Report deep dive

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels February 10, 2023February 10, 2023

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