Books
In her prescient novels, young people survive pandemic and fascism
What if surviving a pandemic gave you superpowers? That’s the premise behind Victoria Lee’s two-volume Feverwake series. The young adult novels began with…
Music
Everything is broken, and Bob Dylan is back to sing about it
The nation is torn apart with racial strife while still in the midst of a global pandemic. Everything is broken. So it’s only fitting that Bob Dylan…
Art
Jewish muralist’s historic work faces demolition at UCSF
How does a significant piece of public art go from being the “jewel of the University’s art collection” to a work designated for the wrecking ball in just…
TV
‘Lady Liberty’: Jewish Film Institute has Pride in livestream of funny TV pilot
In 2019, Italian film scholar Margherita Ghetti joined the S.F.-based Jewish Film Institute — the entity that puts on the annual San Francisco Jewish Film…
Books
A Jewish anti-racist reading list for children of all ages
This moment has many of us reeling. Honestly, for those of you who are, like me, white-presenting Jewish parents, we should consider this a time of…
Obituaries
Jewish Theatre co-founder Corey Fischer dies at 75
If Bay Area theaters were open right now, they would dim the lights for Corey Fischer. Co-founder of A Traveling Jewish Theatre and a pioneer in the…
Film
8 great Jewish movies only a click away
In the streaming universe, as with all entertainment, there’s the stuff that everyone watches and talks about. But that’s just the tip of a vast catalog.…
Celebrity Jews
‘Fiddler’ returns to big screen; ‘Shtisel’ guys do alt-history; Daveed Diggs rides a train; Gal Gadot is Hedy Lamarr; etc.
A new ‘Fiddler’ movie A whole new generation will get to sing along to an upcoming film version of “Fiddler on the Roof,” which hit Broadway in 1964 and…
Bay Area
As long as it’s fun, virtually anything goes in online gatherings
If you’re stuck at home but yearning for Jewish community, there are plenty of ways to connect: virtual Torah classes, sing-alongs, book groups. But what…