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Posted inBooks

From fantasy to chess to Berkeley’s revolution: 6 reads by local authors

by Sue Fishkoff July 25, 2025July 28, 2025

Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. Two fantasy sequels, two memoirs and two books based on the lives of the writers’ […]

Helene Wecker is the author "The Hidden Place," the 2021-2022 choice for the One Bay One Book program.
Posted inBooks

One Bay One Book pick ‘The Hidden Palace’ explores assimilation through fantasy

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 8, 2021December 8, 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.
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Reanimating ‘The Golem,’ horror cinema’s century-old urtext, just in time for Halloween

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 28, 2021October 28, 2021
From the cover of “Jerusalem Beach: Stories” by Iddo Gefen
Posted inOff the Shelf

New short story collections: Imaginative fairy tales and affecting Israeli tales

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 20, 2021
Sheldon Teitelbaum at the 2018 ICon Festival in Tel Aviv. (Photo/Roni Sofer)
Posted inBooks

‘Zion’s Fiction’: Meet the great compiler of Israeli sci-fi

by Valerie Estelle Frankel September 22, 2021September 28, 2021
An all-rabbi Dungeons & Dragons campaign pits a diverse group of Jewish clergy against skeletons, giants and other fantasy creatures. (Photo/JTA-Screenshot)
Posted inGames

Dungeons & Dragons has united a diverse group of rabbis. But their commitment to social justice has faced a challenge.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and JTA September 9, 2021
From the cover of “Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1945: Immigrants in the Golden Age” by Valerie Estelle Frankel
Posted inBooks

Q&A: New book explains how Jews invented science fiction

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 13, 2021June 10, 2024
Tzion Baruch as the title character in the Israeli vampire series "Juda." (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inTV & Film

S.F. State scholar sinks her teeth into vampires and horror on Israeli TV

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 27, 2019November 27, 2019

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