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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.…
Music
Spotify’s Jewish music makes me feel like a kid again
When searching for songs for a playlist I was putting together for my kids on Spotify, I came across a tune — “Pana HaGeshem” (“The Rain has Gone Away”)…
Film
Celebrating the life of precocious Jewish movie star Anton Yelchin
He was adorable, a boy-next-door with Russian-Jewish heritage. He was the precocious ensign on board the starship Enterprise. And he was too young to die.…
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…
Music
David Berman, indie rock band Silver Jews frontman, dead at 52
Indie rocker David Berman, founder of the Silver Jews, an influential band that earned critical acclaim throughout the 1990s, died on Wednesday, according…
Israel
Left-wing author eulogizes settler teen murdered hugging his book
Those close to Dvir Sorek, the 19-year-old yeshiva student who was murdered Thursday in a West Bank terrorist attack, described him as a unique young man.…
Bay Area
Meet the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda, at documentary and talk in Marin
The highlight of most vacations to Africa typically centers on hobnobbing with lions, giraffes and elephants. For Fred and Joanne Greene, the highlight of…
Photography
Local photographer highlights beauty of disabled dancer
Tiffany Geigel was born in New York with Jarcho-Levin syndrome, a rare genetic bone-growth disorder that is characterized by distortion and compression of…