Kavalier and Clay are coming to Showtime. Berkeley resident Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” will air as a miniseries next year on the premium cable network. The critically acclaimed book has been described as “an epic tale of love, war and the birth of America’s comic book superhero…
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The story of Berkeley roundabout’s bear cubs becomes Hanukkah children’s book
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When the international man of mystery is your own father
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Five female Jewish superheroes you should know
This story originally appeared on Alma and was distributed by JTA. Over the past decade, comic books and superheroes have become a staple for mainstream…
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Marc Benioff, philanthropic gadfly
In 1996, Marc Benioff was in southern India, taking a much-needed sabbatical from his high-stress, lucrative job at Oracle, when he was offered a kernel…