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Chef Gili Ben Shahar pours beef tallow onto a Turkish kebab-like dish at Meat Carneval, held last month on a ranch in Livermore. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inJewish Life

Blowtorches are in. Forks are out. Israel’s ‘Meat Carneval’ comes to the Bay Area.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 13, 2023February 23, 2024
A crowd enjoys the music at a concert celebrating the late singer Jewlia Eisenberg in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Oct. 2, 2022. (Robbie Sweeny)
Posted inArt

‘Shabbat at the Jewseum’: New Saturday programs start at CJM in the fall

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 13, 2023July 18, 2023
J. Director of News Product David A.M. Wilensky (left) and J. CEO Jo Ellen Green Kaiser pose with a healthy haul of Rockower Awards at the WWII Museum in New Orleans, July 11, 2023. (Photo/Lev Gringauz)
Posted inNews

J. wins 11 Jewish journalism awards, including best newspaper

by J. Staff July 12, 2023July 12, 2023
The author, Paul Bendix (right), with fellow disabled passenger Brian Clark aboard the Queen Mary 2. (Photo/Richard Bendix)
Posted inOpinion

Judy Heumann changed the lives of disabled people like me — on land and even at sea

Paul Bendix (Photo/Courtesy) by Paul Bendix July 12, 2023July 12, 2023
a young woman holds up american and israeli flags made from construction paper
Posted inFilm

Were young American Jews lied to about Israel? A new documentary says yes

Mira Fox by Mira Fox July 12, 2023July 14, 2023
Jewish Community Library Director Howard Freedman at the library in San Francisco on July 11, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish LearningWorks ends ties with Jewish Community Library

by Dan Pine July 11, 2023July 12, 2023
Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck's "I Like it Here" is screening as part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

‘I Like It Here’: In S.F. Jewish Film Fest gem, an aging filmmaker reflects on mortality 

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 11, 2023August 4, 2023
a tray full of everything bagels
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Hella Bagels will fill a hole in Albany, while Shakshuka Saturdays shake up S.F.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 10, 2023August 10, 2023
Kit Vincent's father, Lawrence, at synagogue. Their story is told in the film "Red Herring," screening as part of the 2023 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Courtesy Kit Vincent)
Posted inCulture

In ‘Red Herring,’ a son’s terminal diagnosis leads to a father’s new life as a Jew

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 10, 2023July 10, 2023
A still from 'The Catskills' shows a photograph of Grossinger's dance staff. (Photo/Jackie Horner)
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‘The Catskills’ reveals lost world more marvelous than Mrs. Maisel ever knew

by Dan Pine July 7, 2023July 21, 2023

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