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Portrait of the American biochemist and writer Isaac Asimov in the 1970s. (Photo/JTA-Mondadori via Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Isaac Asimov’s epic ‘Foundation’ series is now a TV show. His Jewish life was complicated.

by Stephen Silver and JTA September 24, 2021September 27, 2021

This Friday, following a pandemic delay, Apple TV+ will debut “Foundation,” the first-ever screen adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s bestselling, award-winning science-fiction book series. First announced in 2018 and produced in […]

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
From the cover of “Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1945: Immigrants in the Golden Age” by Valerie Estelle Frankel
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Q&A: New book explains how Jews invented science fiction

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 13, 2021June 10, 2024
From the cover of "Fragments of the Brooklyn Talmud" by Andrew Ramer
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Exploring the remains of a Talmud from 160 years in the future

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 6, 2019June 25, 2019
an evocative stylized image in yellow and blue of two silhouetted figures standing under a shadowy colonnade. in the backgound, there are giraffes and a gleaming white city
Posted inOff the Shelf

Sci-fi visions of future and alternate Israels

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 10, 2018January 9, 2019
Mission specialist Judith Resnik, the first Jew in space, sending a message to her father from the shuttle Discovery on its maiden voyage, Aug. 30, 1984. (Photo/NASA-Space Frontiers-Getty Images)
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6 fun facts about ‘Jews in Space’ from N.Y. exhibit

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten March 21, 2018March 20, 2018
A man receives a message from his future self in “Triumph of Time.”
Posted inCulture

‘Underdog’ Israeli filmmaker brings sci-fi short to S.F. Comic Con

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 24, 2017March 23, 2018

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