Just as the Israelites we read about at our seders wandered in the desert for decades before reaching the Land of Israel, the Kings have finally made it back to the promised land of the playoffs.
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Why Israeli rock legend Arik Einstein wrote a strange song about San Francisco
Fom the opening lines of Arik Einstein’s 1979 song “San Francisco al HaMayim” (San Francisco on the Water), it’s clear that something is off.
A bestselling novel, a Holocaust-themed game, and accusations of ‘uncredited work’
Romero’s complaint raises questions about the nature of creative inspiration and the politics of acknowledgments in works of fiction. It also brings a real and potentially offensive game about the Holocaust — and one that was created by a non-Jew — into the spotlight.
‘BrownWhite’: Biracial Israeli children talk about being ‘half and half’ in Sacramento Jewish Film Fest doc
“Sometimes I wish that I was more brown because a lot of people don’t understand that I’m half and half,” says a 15-year-old girl who is half white and half Ethiopian. “People always think I am Yemenite or Indian.”
Teacher who assigned antisemitic text preaches controversial Hebrew Israelite doctrine
“We don’t believe in Jewish religion,” Henry Bens, 52, said during a Bible class he gave on Nov. 8. “There’s no such thing in the Bible as Jewish religion.”
What does the Black-Jewish alliance look like in 2023? In a word, messy
“Black and Jewish relations have been written about ad nauseam, discussed ad nauseam,” the Berkeley writer Adam Mansbach said at a public forum in San Francisco. “The ups and downs of this relationship have been incredibly well chronicled.” And yet, he added, “there is still so much to say about them.”
‘You People’ is an unfunny step back for Black-Jewish relations
During these times of strife, one wishes for a transcendent work of art, a film perhaps, that can help break down the walls of fear and resentment between our peoples, push back against stereotypes and foster healing. “You People” is not that film.
A Jewish museum exhibit features the Palestinian flag. Some visitors wonder if it belongs.
“No one is listening to us” by Tosha Stimage is the first work of art featuring the Palestinian flag to be shown at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco in recent memory.
Local Jewish activists are standing with Bay Area Indigenous people
A growing number of Bay Area Jews are engaging in activism around Indigenous rights, raising uncomfortable questions about their privilege in benefiting from colonialism and the genocide of Native Americans, as well as complicity in the erasure of Indigenous history.
‘Breath of fresh air’: Jewish families of color enjoy a summer camp weekend
“It was a space where we could be ourselves without some of the concerns or worries or discomforts that can come from being a Jew of color in traditionally white Jewish spaces.”