TV
Chabon’s hit novel ‘Yiddish Policemen’s Union’ coming to TV
Alaska is the Jewish state in a television series that is being developed by married Jewish authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, who live in…
Books
Local author wins National Jewish Book Award
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. Oakland writer Michael David Lukas has won the 2018 National Jewish Book Award…
Books
Ghosts of Jewish past haunt East Bay journalist’s debut novel
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. Is it a sign of alienation from the zeitgeist that a contemporary writer would…
Off the Shelf
Tale of Kafka's writings and a graphic novel on Arendt's life
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. It is difficult to overstate the modern world’s debt to the Jewish minds of…
Off the Shelf
The best Jewish books of 2018: feminism, seltzer, race and beyond
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. This has been a great year for Jewish books, and I’m thrilled to share some of…
Off the Shelf
Sci-fi visions of future and alternate Israels
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. The quest for Jewish nationhood is entwined with the exercise of imagination.…
Author! Author!
S.F. author’s short, short stories are long on emotion
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. The cover of this book, a slim collection of very short stories by San…
Philanthropy
Koret biography reveals the man behind the fortune
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. The story of San Francisco businessman and philanthropist Joseph Koret is a…
Kids & Family
Artist’s first kids’ book is a yawner — in a good way
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. So you think falling asleep is a grown-up problem? Not so, says Rebecca…