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Laura Pall

Laura Paull

Laura Paull was J.'s culture editor from 2018 to 2021.

(©Richard Misrach; Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York; Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles)
Posted inPhotography

Luminous images of Bay show human imprint, social impact

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 14, 2025October 14, 2025

When the Covid pandemic began, I was living in a house on the shores of Point Richmond, with a westward view of the San Francisco Bay. On the morning of […]

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Posted inThe J. Interview

Local activist’s own immigration guides her response to federal crackdown

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 15, 2025January 28, 2026
The Roots of the Guava Tree book cover
Posted inBooks

S.F. memoirist explores growing up Jewish and Palestinian in Colombia

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 12, 2025August 12, 2025
Graves visible through the flowers in one corner of the Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery on May 18, 2025. (Laura Paull)
Posted inHistory

In this Jewish cemetery, another Gold Rush story unfolds

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 28, 2025May 29, 2025
In "Bad Shabbos," Cliff "Method Man" Smith plays a doorman who helps a frazzled Jewish family deal with an unforeseen catastrophe. (Courtesy)
Posted inFilm

At Sacramento Jewish film fest, have a ‘Bad Shabbos’ with the ‘Sabbath Queen’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 3, 2025February 4, 2025
A porcelain owl made by Ukrainian artists Anya Stasenko and Stava Leontyev sits in a crumbling wall in "Porcelain War." (Picturehouse 2024)
Posted inFilm

‘Porcelain War’: New documentary follows Ukrainian artists as they resist Russia’s invasion

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 26, 2024December 26, 2024
and older white man and a younger asian woman dance tango. she gazes ahead, he stares straight into the camera
Posted inUncategorized

How tango captured the heart and soles of this Jewish immigrant

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 10, 2024December 11, 2024
a woman plays violin on stage
Posted inMusic

Classical ensemble, coming to Bay Area, still envisions Arab-Jewish harmony

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 18, 2024November 18, 2024
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, March 7, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCulture

Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco will close for a year, citing financial woes

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 13, 2024November 13, 2024
a woman in a tricorn hat sits at a table draped in an American flag writing with a quill
Posted inArt

Quill in hand, Bay Area Jewish artist scribes the Constitution to inspire voters

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 28, 2024October 30, 2024

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