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Posted inGames, Around the Bay, Education, Culture

This 15-year-old is living her dream as a video game designer

by Patricia Corrigan March 4, 2026March 4, 2026

“I’m gonna make games,” Ellie Freeman declared at age 9.  That was six years ago. Now a 15-year-old freshman at the Kehillah School, a private Jewish high school in Palo Alto, Freeman has a video game in professional development.  “I’ve been playing video games since I could first use an iPad,” she said. She lives […]

Posted inJudaica, Ideas, Games, Books, Culture, Religion

‘Torah in the Tarot’ author: Jews hid meaning in cards during times of persecution

by Lea Loeb January 13, 2026January 14, 2026
Naroditsky, seated, leans forward and gazes at a chess board
Posted inGames, Around the Bay, Community, Obituaries, Culture, Jewish Life

Daniel Naroditsky, Jewish chess grandmaster and Bay Area native, dies at 29

by Grace Gilson October 21, 2025October 21, 2025
Posted inGames, Ideas, Around the Bay, Culture, Education

‘Pass go’ and visit Brisket Place in S.F. teen’s Jewopoly game

by Patricia Corrigan May 12, 2025May 14, 2025
Posted inGames, Culture, Tech

A Holocaust museum is launching in Fortnite. Can video games fight antisemitism?

by Andrew Lapin August 17, 2023August 17, 2023
Posted inGames, Culture

The Jewish world champion of Scrabble shares his secrets on how to win the game

by Beth Harpaz August 15, 2023August 15, 2023
Posted inGames, Food, Culture, Jewish Life

‘The Sims’ video game adds Jewish foods, a longtime request of Jewish players

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 18, 2023May 18, 2023
Posted inGames, Culture

With goblins, spellcasters and holiday heroes, board game makers are imagining new Jewish worlds

by Lindsay Eanet May 12, 2023
Posted inGames, Books, Culture

A bestselling novel, a Holocaust-themed game, and accusations of ‘uncredited work’

by Andrew Esensten March 27, 2023March 29, 2023
an image of a big-nosed goblin from the video game
Posted inGames, Books, Culture

Are the goblins in the new ‘Harry Potter’ video game really antisemitic?

Jacob Henry by Jacob Henry and JTA February 13, 2023

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