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Oosh's online marketplace sells items such as mezuzot that are handcrafted by Israeli artists. (Courtesy Oosh)
Posted inJudaica

Berkeley native who made aliyah starts online store to elevate Israeli artists

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz December 2, 2024December 3, 2024

When Berkeley native Elle Gennis moved to Israel in 2022, she wasn’t sure she’d stay.  She had always felt a deep connection to the country, cultivated during summers as a […]

The “California Modernist Women: Groundbreaking Creativity” exhibit at SFO (Photo/Courtesy SFO Museum)
Posted inUncategorized

Before your flight, catch this SFO exhibit of midcentury art by California women

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 22, 2023March 29, 2023
a middle aged woman directs to younger dancers
Posted inBay Area

‘Cash improves lives’: In S.F., Black-Jewish group embraces guaranteed income programs

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 18, 2021November 19, 2021
Studio space at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Photo/Gary Sexton Photography)
Posted inCulture

Contemporary Jewish Museum offering studio space to struggling Bay Area artists

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 3, 2020December 4, 2020
“Casting Call for Cautionary Tales” by M. Louise Stanley is part of the Contemporary Jewish Museum's “Jewish Folktales Retold: Artist as Maggid” exhibit.
Posted inCulture

These artists put a new spin on old folktales in ‘Artist as Maggid’ at CJM

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 25, 2017
it is meant to look like the famous rennaisance aphrodite painting
Posted inArt, Culture, Dance, Music, On Stage, Theater

Unmasking the wild, unexpected faces of contemporary Israeli arts

by Rob Gloster and Sue Fishkoff April 7, 2017March 23, 2018

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