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Milestones

lit yahrzeit candles
Posted inJewish Life

Deaths for the week of August 4, 2017

by J. Staff August 4, 2017February 27, 2018
Is it permitted to hold a wedding two days after the death of a close family member? (Photo/file)
Posted inColumns

OK to hold a wedding right after the groom’s brother dies?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris July 30, 2017August 21, 2017
a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inAdvice Mensch, Columns, Education, Kids & Family, Milestones, Religion, Jewish Life

If her Hebrew isn’t up to snuff, can bat mitzvah wait a year?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris July 26, 2017July 24, 2017
lit yahrzeit candles
Posted inJewish Life

Deaths for the week of July 28, 2017

by J. Staff July 26, 2017February 27, 2018
Rabbi Marvin Goodman will be honored Aug. 29, 2017 at a community event at Peninsula Sinai Congregation in Foster City on the occasion of his 69th birthday.
Posted inJewish Life

Spotlight on the community, July 2017

by Rob Gloster July 25, 2017July 25, 2017
Talia Salzman and Frank Schiff walk down the aisle
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Milestones, Jewish Life, Unions

Childhood best friends hit reset for romance as 20-somethings

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 23, 2017July 25, 2017
Sammy Paykel reads from the Torah as his parents Neela and Joe Paykel (from left), Rabbi Alissa Forrest Miller and Cantor Leigh Korn look on.
Posted inCommunity, Education, Kids & Family, Milestones, Jewish Life

Celebrating b’nai mitzvah in Israel becoming a tradition for Temple Isaiah families

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn July 21, 2017July 24, 2017
lit yahrzeit candles
Posted inJewish Life

Deaths for the week of July 21, 2017

by J. Staff July 19, 2017February 27, 2018
image of people waving their hands in the air at a party
Posted inJewish Life

Lifecycles for the week of July 21, 2017

by J. Staff July 19, 2017March 8, 2018
lit yahrzeit candles
Posted inJewish Life

Deaths for the week of July 14, 2017

by J. Staff July 12, 2017February 27, 2018

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