Film
‘Uncut Gems’ puts Jewish stereotypes front and center. So where's the backlash?
Almost every movie, TV show and other work of art gets put under Twitter’s sensitive microscope these days. Depictions of Jews in contemporary culture are…
Music
For local daughter of survivor, playing Holocaust violins is personal
Fiddler Cookie Segelstein can’t remember a time when the Holocaust was not a topic of conversation with her European-born survivor parents. “I grew…
Film
Oscars 2020: Sandler snubbed; Johansson gets two nominations
The 2020 Oscar nominations are out, and unsurprisingly, they’re already causing a firestorm on social media. The list, announced early Monday morning,…
Music
Have a violin from Europe with a Holocaust story? ‘Violins of Hope’ wants to hear it.
Bay Area organizers of the local presentation of Violins of Hope, a traveling program that links the music and history of the Holocaust, want to hear from…
Film
East Bay filmmaker wins $10k award to complete doc on Polish village
Since 2014, Bay Area-based filmmaker Yoav Potash has been digging around in the wartime memories of people in the small Polish town of Gniewoszów. His…
Music
Exhibit of Holocaust violins tells story of music as protest
Curator Lisa Coscino isn’t taking anything for granted. She’s aware that people who stop by her Violins of Hope exhibit at the War Memorial Veterans…
On Stage
‘Pianist of Willesden Lane’ returns to Bay Area
The one-woman show “The Pianist of Willesden Lane,” starring Mona Golabek on the piano, is returning to the Bay Area this month. Based on the 2002 book…
Books
‘Prozac Nation’ author Elizabeth Wurtzel dies of breast cancer at age 52
Author Elizabeth Wurtzel, best known for her memoir “Prozac Nation,” died at age 52 after a five-year fight with breast cancer. Wurtzel’s blockbuster…
Music
'Violins of Hope' come to Bay Area for events of music and memory
Why do so many Jews play the violin? Because, according to one old explanation, when the time came to flee, you could always run with a violin. Indeed,…