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…
Film
In Hungarian director’s ‘1945,’ silence speaks
A train arrives in a Hungarian village. It’s 1945 and a hot summer’s day when the appearance of two Jewish men, one old and one young, stirs up guilty…
Yom HaShoah
Traveling Holocaust commemoration exhibits arrive in S.F.
Two traveling exhibits commemorating the Holocaust come to the Bay Area this month. “Diplomats Righteous Among Nations,” sponsored by the Israel Consulate…
Art
Three generations of women artists in one exhibit
Barbara Stanger couldn’t be happier about her upcoming art exhibition at the Jewish Community Library. Not only will her own work be on display, but it…
Letter to Readers
Israel at 70 — Herzl's dream today
It’s a big one — 70 years of statehood. And like all milestone birthdays, Israel’s 70th gives us the opportunity to reflect, to celebrate, to remember, to…
Israel at 70
The heirloom music box that still pulls on my heartstrings
It hung for most of my childhood on the wall facing our front door. The moment you walked into our home, your eyes were immediately drawn to this music…