Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. Early San Francisco writer Emma Wolf published five novels along with many short stories and poems, and dared to tackle tricky topics such as antisemitism, individualism vs. religious norms and assimilation — issues not typically explored by her peers at…
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Bay Area
Statue by Nazi-era artist under review at St. Mary’s College
St. Mary’s College in Moraga has temporarily removed a statue by a Nazi-era artist after students created and promoted a petition calling for its removal.…
Celebrity Jews
Carole King up for R&R Hall of Fame; Azealia Banks is (not) a Jew; etc.
An unusual ‘best performance’ When the New York Times released its ”Best Performances of 2020” list, scenes from two Netflix hits, “Mank” and “Ozark,”…
Talking With ...
Q&A: Helping Latino kids find a voice in media arts
Tricia Creason-Valencia, 51, teaches digital filmmaking at the university level, likes to serve on panel discussions about relevant issues such as…
Film
Array of genres, countries in Sacramento Jewish film fest
Outside of government, two things known to be big in Sacramento are soccer and tango. Both passions will be represented among the films this year at the…
Opinion
What Jewish comedians made of SNL's Israel joke
It’s almost Purim, which means I am busy writing jokes that poke fun at the stuff we do and obsess about as Jews without offending too many people. Not…
Education
Traveling Holocaust ‘center’ uses art to tell story of the Shoah
Rabbi Raleigh Resnick of Chabad of the Tri-Valley in Pleasanton is used to getting calls from local public schools. Since there’s no local center for…
Film
Ethics and science in ‘Adventures of a Mathematician’
A triumph of classical filmmaking for a modern audience, “Adventures of a Mathematician” revisits the Manhattan Project through scientific, ethical and…
Books
Stan Lee’s complex legacy gets even more complex in new biography
Stan Lee, arguably the most famous American comic book creator, died at age 95 in 2018. Honoring his Jewish identity, many evoked the phrase “may his…