October 30, 2009 | by rachel leibold
TMZ asks "What the heil was Taylor Swift thinking?" - and no, that's not a typo. The 19-year-old blonde singer was photographed last weekend at Katy Perry's birthday party in West Hollywood (which was apparently a graffiti party, since everyone's wearing white and…
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October 27, 2009 | by emily savage
Imagine turning your thesis into an indie rock song series, performing shows with your soon-to-be-husband and some bffs, then having your debut album released on Jdub Records. So is the (albeit extremely truncated) life story of fiddler-vocalist Alicia Jo…
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October 23, 2009 | by emily savage
A Bay Area synagogue will host a Grateful Dead-infused Shabbat service next week. For serious. Congregation Etz Chayim plans to celebrate a Halloween-y Shabbat weekend with "Erev Halloween Grateful Dead Service" at 6:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. The service, which includes a helpful booklet, will explore spiritual interpretations of the…
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October 20, 2009 | by rachel leibold
Slightly overlapping with Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15), October is GLBT History Month, coinciding with National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11.  Magnus Hirschfeld
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October 20, 2009 | by emily savage
Watch out glam-fans, a glitter bomb just exploded. Okay, I stole the "glitter bomb" description from MTV.com but it just works so well. I apologize. Anyways, today glittery American Idol-runner up Adam Lambert tweeted that he's been working in the studio with Lady…
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October 19, 2009 | by emily savage
Feeling the urge to shake your tush to a heart-pounding mix of dancehall, hip-hop, Middle Eastern and reggae music? Judb records DJ crew Soulico will play San Francisco on Nov. 1 at 330 Ritch. The Tel Aviv-based group creates…
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October 16, 2009 | by rachel leibold
It's finally here - APE weekend is upon us!  APE, aka the Alternative Press Expo, is a fantastic San Francisco comic convention dedicated to alternative and self-published comix and independent publishers. For an alterna-comix fiend like me, this is…
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October 16, 2009 | by emily savage
The Brooklyn-based indie rockers of MGMT (one of whom is Jewish) are officially within our lovely city. Tonight the duo will play a sold-out (like, seriously sold out, within minutes according to SFist) show at the Independent and tomorrow (Saturday) they…
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October 12, 2009 | by rachel leibold
 Jon + Hailey, 2gether 4ever
The word just came in from Huffington Post (by way of ParentDish) that erstwhile "Jon and Kate Plus 8" whipping boy Jon Gosselin is half-Jewish.…
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October 9, 2009 | by andy altman-ohr
Can you DELIver a DELIcious DELI story? If so, NPR wants you. In anticipation of an interview next week with the author of a new book called "Save the Deli", NPR wants listeners to submit their personal stories about deli and deli experiences. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO. …
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October 9, 2009 | by rachel leibold
This week's Jewish Daily Forward has a rave review of R. Crumb's "The Book of Genesis," making me all the more excited for its release next week! It sounds fantastic! Bookforum also has a thumbs-up review. As a reminder, Crumb will be speaking at…
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October 8, 2009 | by rachel leibold
Today the SFist blog is asking readers, what's the best bagel in the city? From the looks of the comments, House of Bagels is winning thus far. (In second place is "none.") So, j. readers, what say you? In the battle…
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October 6, 2009 | by emily savage
The ever-stunning and quirky Russian Jewess Regina Spektor is set to perform on Saturday Night Live this Saturday, Oct. 10. And yes folks, she'll be coming here too. She'll perform a set of her distinctive ditties on Oct. 30 at…
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October 2, 2009 | by rachel leibold
I'm back, y'all! After taking a much-needed (but probably overly long) hiatus from Comix Friday, I am most definitely back, and I've got lots to share, including an interview I did back in August (!). But that will have to wait for a bit, because I'm still taking baby steps…
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October 2, 2009 | by amanda pazornik
A YouTube channel has been created for Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager who penned diary entries while hiding from the Nazis with her family in an Amsterdam attic. Click here to access the YouTube channel. The Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam has set up the channel to make…
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