There is a strip of land about a mile wide and 120 miles long in Northern California, a vein that hugs the western edge of the Sierra Nevada, stretching from tiny Georgetown in the north to tiny Mormon Bar in the south. It is where, once upon a time, fortunes were found — or lost…
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Music
All the Jewish Grammy nominees, from Haim to Michael Tilson Thomas
This year’s Grammy Awards will almost certainly be different from past years, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But despite the lack of details…
Celebrity Jews
Sarah Silverman on being typecast; Your new Jewish heartthrob; etc.
Your next crush A newcomer on the scene — and one who’s tipped to be a solid heartthrob — is Kingsley Ben-Adir, who played Zoë Kravitz’s love interest in…
Theater
DC theater maven leaves company over Palestinian content — again
Over 18 years, theater director Ari Roth built Theater J into a Jewish Washington, D.C. powerhouse that often debuted works by major writers. But six…
Off the Shelf
‘The Lost Shtetl’ and ‘The Orchard’: 2 new novels of Jewish culture shock
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. For those attuned to the Torah reading cycle, one of the striking…
Talking With ...
Q&A: A documentary filmmaker who loves dogs and Batkid
Filmmaker Dana Nachman has dived into some heavy topics. The documentaries she has written, directed and produced since 2008 include unflinching accounts…
Music
Explore Israel’s history through its music in upcoming web series
Noa Levy is steeped in song. “I have been singing my whole life,” said the Israeli artist, who moved to the Bay Area five years ago. Now she’s combining…
Bay Area
Jewish Bay Area radio icon Michael Krasny announces retirement
Michael Krasny, the longtime host of KQED’s news and public affairs program “Forum,” announced this week that he will be retiring in February. In 1993,…
Culture
East Bay Jewish arts lab seeks 2021 fellows — pandemic or not
LABA East Bay, an incubator and study program for Jewish artists run by the JCC East Bay, is in search of its second cohort of Bay Area artists. LABA…