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People mingle in the remodeled courtyard of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco during a reception celebrating the building's reopening, Sept. 12, 2025. The main sanctuary is to the left of the frame, while the stairs on the right lead down to the main entrance. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Emanu-El celebrates end of $97M renovation project

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 16, 2025September 26, 2025

While hundreds milled about, admiring the newly built and radically renovated parts of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, Dana Shapiro, 81, stood in a less trafficked hallway.  She was hunting […]

Eric Salitsky at the Cadet Interfaith Center on the campus of West Point, which was one of the stops on his 2019 tour of multifaith spaces in North America and Europe. (Photo/Tamara Cohen)
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