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storytelling

Corey Rosen hosts The Moth’s StorySLAM shows in San Francisco and Berkeley and has written two books on storytelling. (Courtesy Pranay Pareek)
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Like a ‘Moth’ to a flame, Corey Rosen is drawn to storytelling

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 23, 2025December 23, 2025

March 11, 2013, was a prophetic night for Corey Rosen. It was when he got to perform at the first-ever San Francisco show of The Moth, national storytelling competition since […]

Fred Brill
Posted inOn Stage

Monthly ‘story slam’ in S.F. opens the door to ‘The Jew in You’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 20, 2025November 21, 2025
Spoken-word poet Ariel Luckey
Posted inStorytelling

Performance pair remixes Yiddish tales and poems for new audiences

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 28, 2018December 27, 2018
Osher Marin JCC (Photo/file)
Posted inCulture

Coming up in Marin: Moth-style storytelling event about Israel

by J. Staff May 9, 2018May 9, 2018
Charlie Varon serves up a steaming bowl of storytelling in his new show, "Back in the World," part of a series of pieces about a retirement home.
Posted inCulture

New storytelling show comes with brunch — including an actual bowl of borscht

by J. Staff October 16, 2017March 23, 2018
“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
'Death over Dessert' uses storytelling to help people talk about death.
Posted inCulture

Talking death over dessert at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

by Saul Sugarman July 31, 2017March 23, 2018
Silverman speaks onstage
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Q&A: Setting the stage for doctors to tell it like it really is

by Patricia Corrigan May 16, 2017May 22, 2017

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