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“The Mamboniks,” screening at the 2019 S.F. Jewish Film Festival, documents Jews who were part of the mambo dance craze after World War II.
Posted inTV & Film

S.F. Jewish Film Fest: ‘Fiddler,’ ‘Mamboniks,’ and dancing Jews

by Andrew Muchin July 11, 2019July 12, 2019
From "Picture of His Life," a documentary about photographer and Pacific Grove resident Amos Nachoum, which will screen at the 2019 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inTV & Film

Comedies and docs, fiddlers and polar bears: 2019 S.F. Jewish Film Fest ready to roll out the red carpet

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 10, 2019July 10, 2019
Sophie Weinzimmer (third from left) with her family in a Displaced Persons camp for Holocaust survivors in Steyr, Austria, March 1949
Posted inNews

Saratoga woman visits Austrian DP camp where she was born

Lezak Shallat by Lezak Shallat July 9, 2019July 10, 2019
Diana Somorjai (left) and Molly Weiner (right) have been selected for the Bronfman Fellowship.
Posted inNews

Two local students chosen as Bronfman Fellows

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo June 20, 2019June 20, 2019
Carol Saal (Photo/Norm Levin)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Philanthropist Carol Saal’s persistence helped save Palo Alto JCC

by Liz Harris June 13, 2019June 13, 2019
Sammy Miller and the Congregation will play at "Night Shift," a late-night Shavuot event in a Palo Alto shopping center, June 8, 2019.
Posted inShavuot

An eclectic Shavuot all-nighter in a Palo Alto shopping center

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 5, 2019June 5, 2019
Site-specific art created by Maya Gelfman and Roie Avidan between 2017-2019 as the artists journeyed across the United States, interacting with a wide range of locations (Photo/Mind the Heart! Project)
Posted inArt

Israelis’ quirky site-specific art wanders through Bay Area

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 3, 2019June 3, 2019
Rishik Gandhasri of San Jose aced two Jewish terms — yiddishkeit and keriah — in the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Posted inJewish Life

This San Jose 7th-grader won the National Spelling Bee with Yiddish and Hebrew

Lior Zaltzman by JTA and Lior Zaltzman May 31, 2019June 3, 2019
a solemn crowd holds candles
Posted inEditorial

Let’s make sure impressionable young minds aren’t hijacked by hate

by J. Editorial Board May 30, 2019May 30, 2019
Defaced locker at Burlingame High School
Posted inEducation

Burlingame schools grapple with anti-Semitic incidents

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 28, 2019May 30, 2019

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