Film
Can you steal Banksy's art?
While “The Man Who Stole Banksy” focuses on the theft of one graffiti-covered section of the security border between Israel and the West Bank, this…
Culture
An edgier take on Jewish life in today's Poland
Second in a week-long series of dispatches from the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival The Jewish Culture Festival that annually takes over the streets of the…
Pride
SF art installation honors gay leather culture
There was a time, mostly before the AIDS epidemic, when a sexual subculture thrived along a rundown alleyway in the South of Market area. Now, that…
Summer Camp
Mural brings Camp Newman spirit to temporary home
Like other Bay Area Jews with a connection to Camp Newman, the teens at Contra Costa Midrasha were devastated by the news that the camp had burned down in…
Art
Pier 27 periscope brings Haifa into view, live
Shlomi Kofman, the Consul General of Israel in San Francisco, had just stepped up onto a podium to address a small crowd at the unveiling of an…
Longreads
CJM turns 10: Is it contemporary, Jewish or a museum?
Few Jewish artists are as explicit about their Jewish identity as Archie Rand. “He said he wanted it to smell like kasha varnishkes when people walk into…
Talking With ...
This artist says #MeToo with talking butt sculptures
Allison Bouganim, 19, is an award-winning artist who caught the public’s eye in fall 2017 with her installation of butt sculptures around San Francisco.…
Social Justice
How does faith inform resistance?
Protest signs, protest songs, posters and placards — when activists and protesters want to inspire, they use imagery that is meant to invoke deep feelings…
TV
Berkeley’s arts ambassador tries a new beat: TV
Susan Duhan Felix, 80, was all bubbly about the Alvin Ailey dance flash mob she would join later in the week on the Berkeley campus. She was equally…