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Jewish identity

Phish frontman Trey Anastasio playing solo at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Andrea Z. Nusinov)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Jewish Phish fans swim in their own holy waters

Oren Kroll-Zeldin by Oren Kroll-Zeldin August 24, 2023August 24, 2023

Every so often, Phish will play “Avinu Malkeinu” at one of their concerts. Sometimes it’s months between the band’s renditions. Sometimes it’s years. “Avinu Malkeinu” is a classic Jewish prayer […]

Director Susan Stern and her daughter Nora playing with Barbies around the time "Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour" came out 25 years ago. (Photo/Courtesy Stern)
Posted inLocal Voice

When I made a Barbie movie 25 years ago, I didn’t realize she (and I) were in a closet

Susan Stern by Susan Stern July 21, 2023July 21, 2023
Julia White
Posted inYouth Voice

For questions about identity, I’ve written my own haggadah

Julia White by Julia White April 13, 2022
Diane Wolf and son Max Hirtz-Wolf on the deck of their home in Berkeley. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inBay Area

How this Jewish musician from Berkeley found a sense of belonging in Germany

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 3, 2021
(Clockwise from top left) Lunar team members Davi Cheng, Jared Chiang-Zeizel, Jenni Rudolph and Gen Xia Ye Slosberg. (Photos/Facebook)
Posted inJewish Life

Asian American Jews connect and share in ‘Lunar’ video series

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 3, 2021February 3, 2021
A visualization of DNA sequences. (Photo/Shutterstock-Isak55)
Posted inJewish Life

Does this DNA test mean I’m Jewish?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler January 19, 2021
At Camp Che-Ne-Wah in the Adirondacks, future Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sometimes called the camp's "junior rabbi." (Photo/heyalma.com)
Posted inU.S.

From camp ‘rabbi’ to pursuing justice: How Judaism animated Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 22, 2020September 22, 2020
UC Berkeley students and faculty record an episode of the “Israel and Jewish Identity in the Age of Covid” podcast.
(Photo/Maya Shemtov)
Posted inBay Area

New podcast looks at Israel and Jewish identity in ‘Age of Covid’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 25, 2020June 26, 2020
The 2020 census contains a question that is raising questions for Jews. (JTA/JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY)
Posted inU.S.

A census question poses a dilemma for American Jews — are you white, and if so, what are your ‘origins’?

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 13, 2020
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Posted inMixed & Matched

How do I tell people that, yes, my kids are Jewish?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler April 13, 2020

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