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James McBride (Photo/Chia Messina)
Posted inBooks

Author James McBride’s anti-Mormon remarks contradict spirit of his new novel

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 28, 2023January 9, 2024

In James McBride’s new novel, “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” Black people and Jewish immigrants live side by side in a poor section of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Chicken Hill, as […]

Praying before a meal in “Under the Banner of Heaven.” (Photo/Courtesy FX)
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Mormonism and Judaism are dominating television. Is that good for representation?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward July 28, 2022
Fans watch the Utah Jazz play the Memphis Grizzlies in a 2021 playoff game at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, May 23, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Alex Goodlett-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Why do the Utah Jazz, in the Mormon capital, play ‘Hava Nagila’ after wins?

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and JTA April 25, 2022April 25, 2022
(Illustration/Forward-Anya Ulinich)
Posted inTheater

Can an all-Mormon cast pull off ‘Fiddler on the Roof’? I went to Utah to find out.

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward April 12, 2022
The Silversteins (from left: Joshua, Ami, Laila, Shel and Cinthya) outside of their Los Angeles home. (Photo/Casey Durkin/NBC)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Home Sweet Home’: Multiracial Jewish family swaps lives with Mormons in Ava DuVernay-helmed docuseries

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 4, 2021November 4, 2021
Through June 1, the recently renovated Oakland Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is open to the public for the first time in 55 years,  (Photo/Courtesy Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
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A journey into the Holy of Holies — in a Latter-day Saints temple

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 14, 2019October 30, 2024

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