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Rob Gloster

Rob Gloster z"l was J.'s senior writer from 2016-2019.

Zachary Baker, recently retired curator of Stanford's Judaica and Hebraica collections
Posted inNews

Curator retires with a ‘wow!’ Judaica legacy at Stanford

by Rob Gloster February 28, 2018March 1, 2018
A big group portrait of many people, including some women in hijabs
Posted inNews

Local Muslim leader: Ties with Jews have grown under Trump

by Rob Gloster February 15, 2018March 19, 2018
(From left) Ellen Rubinchik, Jean Myers, Shirley Milenko, Harry Rubinchik, Carole Stein and Zdenka Levy in front of This and That (Photo/Rob Gloster)
Posted inJewish Life

At seniors’ shop, everything is under $2 and goes to underprivileged college-bound students

by Rob Gloster February 14, 2018
THIS IS US: A new study of Bay Area Jews finds 350,000 of us, and other insights on age demographics, geographical distribution and more details of Jewish life in the Bay Area. (Graphic/LeeAnn Nelson)
Posted inNews

The 2018 Portrait of Bay Area Jewish Life and Communities shows us just who we are

by Rob Gloster February 13, 2018May 25, 2018
Cellist Steven Isserlis onstage with Philharmonia conductor Nicholas McGegan during a rehearsal
Posted inCulture

Concert halls and ghettos — where Jewish and non-Jewish music blended

by Rob Gloster February 9, 2018February 12, 2018
Students and staff from San Francisco Hillel, Berkeley Hillel and Hillel at Stanford spent time during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend helping North Bay fire victims. (Photo/Courtesy SF Hillel)
Posted inJewish Life

Spotlight on community, February 2018

by Rob Gloster February 8, 2018February 13, 2018
UCSF announced this week that it would rename a facility after longtime supporter Helen Diller, who died in 2015 (Photo/file)
Posted inNews

UCSF to rename medical center for Helen Diller after donations top $1 billion

by Rob Gloster February 8, 2018February 8, 2018
Project Rozana USA board member Kenneth Bob and pediatric oncologist Dr. Khadra Hasan Ali Salami (Photo/Rob Gloster)
Posted inNews

From checkpoints to checkups, connecting ailing Palestinians to Israeli care

by Rob Gloster February 1, 2018January 16, 2020
Student athletes from nine day schools participated in this year's Golden Tallis Invitational, including Jewish Community High School of the Bay and Kehillah Jewish High School. (Photo/Tri Nguyen-Courtesy JCHS)
Posted inSports

Jewish day schools duke it out in S.F. at ‘Golden Tallis’ basketball tournament

by Rob Gloster January 30, 2018January 31, 2018
the student leans in toward the survivor's ear
Posted inNews

Helen Farkas dies at 97 — survivor who brought Holocaust education to local schools

by Rob Gloster January 29, 2018February 1, 2018

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