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The titular Chanshi (Aleeza Chanowitz) is pretty excited to get to the Holy Land. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy HOT)
Posted inTV

On witty new series ‘Chanshi,’ American Jews lust after Israel — literally

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward February 9, 2023February 9, 2023
Actors Alex Bakri and Juna Suleiman in a scene from "Let It Be Morning," directed by Eran Kolirin. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Cohen Media Group)
Posted inFilm

With ‘Let It Be Morning’ and ‘Cinema Sabaya,’ Israeli filmmakers are winning awards for portraying Palestinian stories

by Andrew Lapin and JTA February 8, 2023
Susan Duhan Felix in the first episode of “Art Beat,” a series Felix hosted on Berkeley public television. (Screenshot/Berkeley Community Media)
Posted inNews

Ceramicist, ‘welcomer’ and klezmer ‘impresario’ Susan Felix dies at 85

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 8, 2023January 15, 2024
Michael Krasny (Photo/greymatter.show)
Posted inCulture

KQED icon Michael Krasny, supposedly retired, launches a book club and podcast

by Dan Pine February 7, 2023February 14, 2023
Asher Shasho Levy is the hazzan at The Kitchen, an independent synagogue in San Francisco.
Posted inMusic

Meet Asher Shasho Levy, The Kitchen’s new hazzan and oud master

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert February 6, 2023September 24, 2023
Josephine Park and Sofie Gråbøl in “Attachment.” (Photo/Søren Kirkegaard)
Posted inFilm

There’s now a queer, sexy contender in the Jewish horror movie boom

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward February 6, 2023February 6, 2023
Todd Shotz (right) with actor Rhea Perlman during the filming of "You People." (Photo/Courtesy Shotz)
Posted inTV & Film

The Judaism consultant for Netflix’s ‘You People’ talks about that Yom Kippur scene

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels February 3, 2023February 6, 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

Bagels on set: Talking ‘You People’ with its Jewish consultant Todd Shotz

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels February 3, 2023February 3, 2023
From left: Karen Murphy (Sandra Day O’Connor), Stephanie Prentice (Sonia Sotomayor), and Lynda DiVito (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) in rehearsal for "Justice" at Marin Theatre Company. (Photo/Kevin Kopjak)
Posted inCulture

‘JUSTICE’: Marin musical spotlights a singing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sarah Rosen by Sarah Rosen February 1, 2023February 6, 2023
Jonah HIll (left) as Ezra and Lauren London as Amira in "You People." (Photo/Parrish Lewis-Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

‘You People’ is an unfunny step back for Black-Jewish relations

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 31, 2023February 1, 2023

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