Poet Robert Lipton has witnessed violence in the Middle East — and in his East Bay hometown of Richmond. They are not the same, but both drive him to commit poetry. His literary efforts and resistance activities — such as the one that took him to Israel and the West Bank with the International Solidarity…
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Q&A: Alan Wald, the ‘holy’ palindromist
Alan Wald, 70, thinks ahead, but he’s good at thinking backward as well. Wald, who lives in San Francisco, searches for — and finds — “the nexus between…
Comedy
A Florida pastor called for Sarah Silverman’s death
An extremist Christian pastor’s anti-Semitic rant in which he called for the death of Sarah Silverman has the Jewish comedian fearing for her life.…
Theater
A still-relevant ‘Cabaret’ wows audiences at S.F. Playhouse
From page to stage to screen, “Cabaret” has been beguiling audiences — and disturbing them — for nearly 80 years. Set in prewar Berlin during the rise of…
TV & Film
Michael Chabon captains new Star Trek; 'Tales of the City' returns; etc.
“Tales of the City,” a 10-episode dramatic series following an eclectic group of friends in San Francisco, is now streaming on Netflix. There were three…
Jewish World
Meet a 20 year-old IDF soldier, drag queen and political activist
The dimly-lit nightclub’s anxious patrons snap to attention when the “Fiddler on the Roof” song “Tradition” wails through the speaker. Onto the small…
Theater
Jewish directors dominate at Tony Awards
“Hadestown,” a musical about the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and the underworld, won best new musical at the Tony Awards, and a coveted prize for…
On Stage
S.F. cantor’s daughter sings in ‘Once’
Ariela Morgenstern has the acting and singing chops for her role in a new San Francisco production of the Tony Award-winning musical “Once” — but that’s…
Celebrity Jews
The Jews go to the Tonys, 2019
The Tony Awards, for excellence in the Broadway theater, will air here at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 9 on CBS. Here are the confirmed Jewish nominees in all but…