Film
The secret society that documented truth of the Warsaw Ghetto
The 13,000 Jews who fought to the death in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising are celebrated 75 years later as heroes who refused to surrender to the overwhelming…
Film
Can you steal Banksy's art?
While “The Man Who Stole Banksy” focuses on the theft of one graffiti-covered section of the security border between Israel and the West Bank, this…
Talking With ...
Q&A: The keeper of ‘Candid Camera’s’ zany TV legacy
Pebble Beach resident Peter Funt, 70, has spent decades writing for newspapers, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Between journalism…
Film
Global zeitgeist on screen at 38th SF Jewish Film Festival
With apologies to Lewis Carroll, “seriouser and seriouser” might characterize this year’s San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, the annual summer event for…
Celebrity Jews
Daveed Diggs home in Oakland; Seinfeld on Netflix
There probably has never been a major feature film showing the “real” Oakland as it appears in “Blindspotting.” The co-stars and co-writers of the film,…
Off the Shelf
Three connections to secret Jewish pasts
For some, summer reading represents the prospect of an escapist treat to help free the mind from worries. And for others, it means finally having the time…
Music
‘Bashanah Haba’ah’ singer-songwriter Nurit Hirsh’s first trip to Bay Area
Over the course of her life, Nurit Hirsh, one of Israel’s most renowned singer-songwriters, has written and sung over a thousand songs in Hebrew. Many are…
Theater
A ‘Merchant’ for our times — all female, all hip-hop
“A bustling metropolis filled with chaos and divisions. The city is changing. Class and religion divide us. Hate and fear fuel our ignorance. And money is…
Comedy
Comedy by and for women who are ‘Hollywood old’
Are you a “Hollywood old” woman? If you’ve turned 30, you are. A comedy show especially for women over 29, “Yarn: Storytelling with Heather Gold and…