Articles from David A.M. Wilensky

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Ezra Rosen and his mother, Eve Rosen, greet well-wishers. (Photo/Norm Levin)

PHOTOS: Drive-by car parade celebrates a socially distant bar mitzvah

by David A.M. Wilensky and Norm Levin April 22, 2020

Eli Wirtschafter (right) and father Josh in their family’s “Fiddler on the Roof” coronavirus parody video. (Screenshot/YouTube)

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‘Separatiooooon!’ — East Bay family’s ‘Fiddler’ coronavirus parody goes viral

by David A.M. Wilensky April 15, 2020April 15, 2020

Entrance to the Home of Eternity cemetery in Oakland. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)

Mourners no longer allowed graveside at Sinai Memorial Chapel funerals due to coronavirus fears

by David A.M. Wilensky April 8, 2020September 3, 2020

Doreen Alper (center, in the matzah apron) sometimes has 60 or more people at her seders, such as this one in 2015. This year, she's facing the prospect of a much smaller gathering. (EDWARD LECHTZIN)

How Bay Area Jews are planning to have meaningful seders with everyone stuck at home

by David A.M. Wilensky March 30, 2020March 30, 2020

Reuben Friedman (right) with his father, Brad Friedman (left) and a sibling during his March 19, 2020, Zoom bar mitzvah. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Friedman)

Coronavirus forces b’nai mitzvah ceremonies online

by David A.M. Wilensky March 26, 2020March 27, 2020

A virtual shiva call for Sophi Jacobs (bottom right), whose father died March 19. (FRAIDY ABER)

Death during a pandemic: virtual shiva calls and funerals without mourners

by David A.M. Wilensky March 25, 2020

S.F. Opera general dircetor Matthew Shilvock with Dianne and Tad Taube

Honors, happenings, comings & goings — March, 2020

by David A.M. Wilensky March 19, 2020March 23, 2020

Nir Berenzovsky, an Urban Adamah volunteer, drops off fresh produce at the home of Lorelai Kude. (LORELAI KUDE)

Urban Adamah makes house call with produce for seniors

by David A.M. Wilensky March 18, 2020

Rabbi Daniel Stein (top right) leads candle lighting and some songs over Zoom before Shabbat, March 13, 2020. (Screenshot/David A.M. Wilensky)

Shabbat, prayer and religious connection during a pandemic

by David A.M. Wilensky March 17, 2020March 17, 2020

This Passover, as in every year, new haggadahs abound.

New haggadahs for 2020: nationalism, artistry, the environment and more

by David A.M. Wilensky March 11, 2020March 12, 2020