• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

TV & Film

Peter Stein’s official “Jeopardy!” portrait. (Photo/Courtesy Jeopardy! Productions)
Posted inTV & Film

Bay Area filmmaker Peter Stein smiles his way through ‘Jeopardy!’

by Sue Fishkoff October 29, 2021October 29, 2021
A shot of the golem and a little girl with a flower, seen here as it appears on the poster for "The Golem Rescored," was famously copied in the 1931 “Frankenstein” film.
Posted inCulture

Reanimating ‘The Golem,’ horror cinema’s century-old urtext, just in time for Halloween

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 28, 2021October 28, 2021
Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in "Dune."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Timothée Chalamet goes to space; Zoë Kravitz goes to Gotham; The Jews go to the ‘Jewish Nobels’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 27, 2021
Mila Kunis on a film set in New York City, Aug. 29, 2021. (Photo/JTA-MEGA-Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Mila Kunis, Neil Patrick Harris, Helen Mirren and over 200 other celebrities sign letter denouncing cultural boycott of Israel

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 27, 2021
Jon Hamm and Larry David discuss Yiddish words during the first episode of Season 11 of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." (Screenshot from HBO)
Posted inTV

Larry David gives Jon Hamm a Yiddish lesson in very Jewish start to new season of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA October 25, 2021
Benicio del Toro (center) as painter Moses Rosenthaler, and Léa Seydoux (right) as the prison guard Simone in "The French Dispatch." (Photo/Searchlight Pictures)
Posted inTV & Film

‘The French Dispatch’ is Wes Anderson’s most Jewish film yet

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA October 22, 2021
From "Giraffada," one of the Palestinian films newly available on Netflix.
Posted inTV & Film

On Netflix and elsewhere, new collections of Palestinian and Israeli films are now available for streaming

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 19, 2021October 20, 2021
Sarah Podemski in "Reservation Dogs." (Photo/JTA-Shane Brown-FX)
Posted inTV & Film

For Jewish Indigenous actress Sarah Podemski, it’s a miracle just to exist

by Evelyn Frick and JTA October 14, 2021October 15, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Plume Creative-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

The ‘Jewface’ debate about casting non-Jews as Jews betrays an Ashkenazi bias

MaNishtana by MaNishtana and JTA October 13, 2021
Vladimir Friedman and Maria Belkin in "Golden Voices." (Photo/JTA_Music Box Films)
Posted inUncategorized

In ‘Golden Voices,’ Russian movie dubbers reinvent themselves in Israel, to hilarious effect

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 11, 2021

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 44 45 46 47 48 … 100 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Two Jewish Bay Area ex-mayors are running for California lieutenant governor
AIPAC didn't fund Connie Chan. Here's what actually happened.
Jewish activists research and rate hundreds of candidates on antisemitism ahead of primary
Stuart Kelman, founding rabbi of Berkeley’s Netivot Shalom, dies at 84
Candidates for CA governor vow to keep Jews safe and Israel ties strong
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack