August 31, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 31, 2009 | by emily savage
 Fresh from her run in Scotland at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, New York songstress Rachael Sage will bring her glitzy new show “Sequins & Shpiel” to the Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco) Tuesday, September 8 at 8 pm;…
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August 28, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 27, 2009 | by emily savage
Monotonix is back. That fantastic group of hair-covered Heebs, the ultimate Israeli rock and roll band to ever have lived, has a brand new album and has embarked on a brand new world tour. As you may or may not remember, I…
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August 26, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 25, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
Dear Readers, if you have a short attention span, just skip to the rap video. 
If you have an interest in one of the greatest failures at in the history of comedy, please continue on as if your sense…
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August 25, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 25, 2009 | by amanda pazornik
The apples are sliced. The honey is drizzled. The mini honey cakes are rising. All you need is room service to deliver the Rosh Hashanah staples to your hotel room. It's all part of the Hyatt at Fisherman's Wharf's sweet deals for the…
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August 24, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 21, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
After 27 years in prison, Deborah Peagler will be released next week. The news came late afternoon Aug. 20, when the governor announced he would not review or overturn the parole board's decision to recommend Peagler for parole. (See the governor's letter at below.) It was a tremendous victory for…
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August 21, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 20, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 19, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 19, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
The Days of Awe, which begin with Rosh Hashanah and conclude with Yom Kippur, are the most sacred time in the Jewish tradition — a time when the Book of Life is opened, allowing Jews to seek change and make self-improvements.
J. is looking for personal stories of High…
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August 18, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
The place is historic Babylon (Long Island). The year, 1921. A certain Jacob Cohen is born to an indifferent mother, and Don Juan of a father. When he’s born, the doctor hangs himself with the umbilical chord. Little did anybody…
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August 18, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
 As I type this, people are rallying in Los Angeles to advocate Deborah Peagler's release. Peagler has served 27 years in prison and was finally found suitable for release on July 10 by the California Board of Parole Hearings.
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August 18, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 18, 2009 | by emily savage
 This past week nonprofit Jewish-musical-gem-finding juggernaut The Idelsohn Society re-released Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzmen's 1961 Jewish-Latin mambo album "Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos." And the album will be performed in its entirety at Lincoln Center this Sunday, Aug.…
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August 17, 2009 | by amanda pazornik
A recent article from JTA got me thinking about one of my absolute favorite movies - "The Great Race." Written and directed by Blake Edwards, the 1965 slapstick comedy is a spoof of the first around-the-world automobile race from New York to Paris. The flick stars Jack Lemmon as the…
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August 17, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 17, 2009 | by emily savage
 DISCLAIMER: If you haven't seen "District 9" yet you probably shouldn't read the article I'm about to link here. I think it may be better to go in with a fresh mind and draw your own conclusions.
I, like most San Franciscans, had been…
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August 14, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
The year 2009 CE marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Danish-Jewish entertainer Victor Borge. While Borge passed in 2001, his wildly creative and inimitable conceptual comedy, combined with subversive piano virtuosity must be preserved for future generations and…
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August 14, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 13, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
Mort Sahl’s routine might not sound quite funny these days, but don’t sleep on his Schtick- Sahl is one of stand up comedy’s most important men. His fame is all the more remarkable considering that his material was not geared…
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August 13, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
 Shalom Bayit does not operate a domestic violence shelter.
But all of the shelters to which they refer Jewish women are at risk of reducing their services or closing entirely. This month, in an effort to reduce spending and balance the…
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August 13, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 13, 2009 | by michael lazarus
When Commissioner David Stern implemented his minimum age requirement for the NBA, no one thought it would have an Israeli twist to it. Yet that is exactly what happened when Jeremy Tyler, a rising senior at San Diego High, decided to forgo his…
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August 12, 2009 | by emily savage
 It is true. Disney has enlisted playwright David Mamet to create a new screen adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank."
As we are all very much aware, the original play was based on the real life diary of a young girl hiding…
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August 11, 2009 | by amanda pazornik
While most Maccabi Games' organizers were getting some much-deserved zzzzzz's on the morning of Aug. 7, Games director Jackie Lewis was wide awake. Stationed at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Lewis was greeting host families dropping off their out-of-town athletes headed for the airport. At 3 a.m. Instead…
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August 11, 2009 | by michael lazarus
The San Francisco delegation saved its best performances for last.
After failing to win a gold medal in any team event in the first three and half days of the 2009 JCCSF Maccabi Games, San Francisco’s boys’ and girls’ 16-and-under basketball teams delivered the much-anticipated gold Aug. 6, the…
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August 11, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
The name game was quite popular on its first go around, so we've decided to bring it back for an encore tour. Without further ado, here are some more names you'd think were Jewish, if you'd been raised in a Kosher cave: George Steinbrenner- Not…
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August 11, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 10, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 10, 2009 | by elizabeth katzki
Yes, the film Rachel is controversial and it definitely caused a stir; it addressed an issue that had been boiling near the surface for quite some time in the Jewish community. I have an opinion on the actual film and its content, but that is not what I am writing…
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August 7, 2009 | by dan pine
I don't care who you are, where you fall on the political spectrum, or how you feel about the Democratic Party: nobody could condone the sickening remarks that talk show host Rush Limbuagh made the other day comparing Democrats to the Nazi Party, as part of the heated health care…
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August 7, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 5, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
The Wife Joke is perhaps the greatest sub-genre in Jewish Humor, putting the family, adultery, self-deprecation, and an overabundance of wit, into a cocktail as digestible as slivovitz. Self-depracating wit, sexual naivete, and kvetching are integral parts of Jewish comic identity. Sigmund Freud was particularly fond of wife jokes, saying…
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August 5, 2009 | by dan pine
For Jews who already feel the Obama Adminstration is hostile to Israel, the news that Mary Robinson will receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom must have gone down like a dirt milkshake. The former president of Ireland will accept her award at an Aug. 12 White House ceremony. Among the…
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August 5, 2009 | by samuel raphael franco
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August 3, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
A recent essay in New York Magazine asks the question: Are Jews exceptional? "The question is of Jewish exceptionalism, and it is, to understate it, a thorny one," writes Alana Newhouse. It's an excellent, provocative and concise rendering of the paradox in Jewish life. We often claim we are an…
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August 3, 2009 | by stacey palevsky
Heeb Magazine's most recent Germany issue has the blogosphere and media up in arms. Why? Because Roseanne Barr appears in the magazine dressed up as a domestic Hitler (at her request) with an apron and potholders baking burnt "Jew cookies." Don't believe it? Here's the image: ![roseanne_360]()
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August 3, 2009 | by michael lazarus
The 2009 JCC Maccabi Games' opening ceremonies got off to a rocking start Aug. 2, with Israeli scouts providing pre-ceremony entertainment and Israeli hip-hop group Coolooloosh prompting the more than 1,500 athletes in attendance to rush the stage for a celebration-ending dance party.
In between, delegations…
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August 3, 2009 | by emily savage
Almost like a rallying cry, albeit a quiet one, Jewish director Judd Apatow appeared on Jon Stewart's talk show "The Daily Show" late last week and reminded him that many Jews feel the need to gentile-ify their name. Case in point, Jon Stewart himself, who was born Jon Leibowitz. Apatow…
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