May 29, 2009 | by rachel leibold
 Today is yom tov, and Comix Friday doesn't "do" yom tov, so I hope you had/are having a very happy Shavuot filled with lots and lots of diligent Torah study - and perhaps a little light comix reading as well...
I'll…
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May 22, 2009 | by rachel leibold
Hey y'all - I'm blogging from the Right Coast today - I'm at my parents' house in Maryland after seeing my brother graduate from my alma mater earlier in the day, with a BA in philosophy. I'm so proud of him (major nachas shepping going on), and I'm…
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May 20, 2009 | by emily savage
Is anyone else super freaky excited about the new Quentin Tarantino film “Inglourious Basterds?" It stars Eli Roth and Brad Pitt. It follows a bunch of Jewish American soldiers in WWII wooping Nazi tuchas. It supposedly has an Old West vibe despite the time period. It doesn't even come out…
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May 20, 2009 | by andy altman-ohr
The movie “Milk” got a decent amount of play in the Jewish press when it released last year.
I stayed all the way to the end of the final credits to see…
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May 20, 2009 | by rachel leibold
Did anyone catch "NCIS" last night? (If you didn't, you can see the episode at CBS.com!) Normally I don't watch anything on CBS as a matter of principle (the principle being that I've never watched a show on CBS, and I hate to ruin a 25-year streak), but…
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May 20, 2009 | by emily savage
There have been a lot of stories, conversations and comments at the j. lately about the life of the Jewish-American teenager. Photography teacher Nikki Levine went one step further, past conversations, and took some action. A few months back Levine, who works at…
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May 19, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
Many of you thought it awful that we highlighted over-the-top b'nai mitzvah parties with a safari theme and live animals. You ain't seen nothing yet. New Voices, in its latest edition, dedicates some ink to chronicling some of the most extravagent b'nai mitzvah parties readers have witnessed. There are probably…
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May 15, 2009 | by rachel leibold
This isn't Jewish per se, but if you're down with comix in general you'll want to check out Super-Con, being held this Saturday and Sunday (May 16-17) at the San Jose Convention Center. Also, I recently found out the
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May 14, 2009 | by andy altman-ohr
Do you ever think about synagogue when watching “Family Guy,” Everybody Loves Raymond,” “King of Queens” or any other show on the cable network TBS?
I do. Here’s how it happens:
I don’t get cable at home, but when I’m working out at my health club, sometimes I’ll…
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May 14, 2009 | by andy altman-ohr
 We get about a jillion books sent to us here in the office, and whenever one has a sports topic, it gets tossed my way.
That’s how I got to take a look at a new offering called “You…
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May 13, 2009 | by dan pine
So apparently a lot of Jews are unhappy with the speech Pope Benedict XVI gave at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem this week. Apparently he was not contrite enough, not specific enough, nor did he say anything about Nazis or Germany or Auschwitz, or whether the German-born pontiff used to sing…
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May 13, 2009 | by amanda pazornik
Warning: This blog entry is laced with “Arrested Development” references. If you have not seen the Emmy Award-winning comedy, stop reading, go to your local DVD rental spot and check it out.
There are only three seasons. It's time to put your head down and power through. You…
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May 13, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month (and in celebration of Mother's Day), the Jewish Women's Archive has created a special photo collection about Jewish Mothers. "Jewish Mothers: The Way We Were, the Way We Are" is (so far) a digital photo album of 136 images of moms young and…
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May 13, 2009 | by emily savage
By now I'm sure most if not all of you have heard of a fabulous little website called Etsy. It is hands down the best site for budding new crafters itching to sell their works — a virtual shuk, if you will. I've rounded up for you, dear…
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May 12, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
For my peers, going to Israel was a birthright long before Charles Bronfman incorporated the name and began offering young adults free trips to Israel. When I was in high school most of my Jewish friends would spend the summer before their senior year of high school on one of…
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May 11, 2009 | by rachel leibold
...Or, uh, I'll be forced to buy it myself. (click on the image for the full treatment)
I wear a medium. In case you were wondering.
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May 8, 2009 | by rachel leibold
 Vanessa Davis' May cartoon, "Jitters," is up on Nextbook.org. I totally relate to this line: "I don't know how much being Jewish has to do with it, but despite being otherwise pretty cheery, I'm…
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May 8, 2009 | by andy altman-ohr
So a week or so ago, I'm heading out of the office to start a vacation, and the boss drops the ol' blog reminder on me. Oh, just what everyone wants…
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May 7, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
To all of the letter writers and opiners who a) hate that we at J. dedicated a cover story to safari-themed b’nai mitzvah parties and b) think it antithetical to Judaism that families are planning these events in the first place, I recommend you immediately sit down…
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May 7, 2009 | by dan pine
Before Natan Sharansky’s lecture last Tuesday evening, May 5, I expected the worst. (Read my story here.)
This was U.C. Berkeley after all, the Bay Area’s happiest of happy hunting grounds for anti-Israel cranks. And Sharansky – the one-time imprisoned Refusenik -- is today a proud Israeli…
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May 7, 2009 | by emily savage
Leaving the office after a dizzying day of returning emails, crafting articles, answering phone calls and processing photos, I often find it difficult to go anywhere but straight home. But when I can cruise by a hip joint for cocktails and DJS to help support the local Jewish community? I'm…
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May 6, 2009 | by rachel leibold
**UPDATE May 19: We've randomly picked five winners and they have been notified. Thanks to everyone who entered, and keep coming back to http://www.jweekly.com for info on more contests and giveaways in the future!** J. is giving away tickets to "The Color of Funny: A…
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May 4, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
I subscribe to so many e-newsletters that I sometimes barely read them at all before clicking delete. But sometimes something catches my eye for reasons unknown to me and when that happens I'm always grateful. Today I received an announcement from Be'chol Lashon about their media award winners. One…
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May 1, 2009 | by rachel leibold
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May 1, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
Want to read about a Bay Area native living in Tel Aviv? Check out YNet's latest blog, written by Stacey Maitlin, a 24-year-old "gingit," Hebrew for red-head, livingin Tel Aviv for the next six months on a program for college graduates. Her first entry is…
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