Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. Barry Dow Biegun 1927–Feb. 26, 2021 Barry Dow Biegun, 93, passed away peacefully on Feb. 26 at his home in Cupertino. Barry was the son of Leah Eisenstein Biegun and Chayim Biegun. Born in…
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Honors, comings & goings, philanthropy — February 2021
Honors Temple Isaiah in Lafayette honored Cantor Leigh Korn at its Jan. 31 virtual gala, “Make Your Own Kind of Music,” which was rescheduled from last…
Obituaries
Deaths for the week of Feb. 21-27, 2021
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. Leslie…
Lifecycles
Lifecycles for the week of Feb. 19, 2021
Births Eliav and Lena (Elkins) Perez of Hadera, Israel, announce the birth of their first child (and first grandchild for both sets of grandparents), Ella…
Obituaries
Deaths for the week of Feb. 14-20, 2021
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. Anita…
Bay Area
George Shultz, sec. of state who helped Soviet Jews, had Bay Area ties
George Shultz, the Reagan administration secretary of state who made it his mission to bring about freedom for Soviet Jewry, lived in the Bay Area for…
Obituaries
Deaths for the week of Feb. 7-13, 2021
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. Mordechai…
Jewish Life
Romance during the pandemic: Dating is out. Courtship is in.
Alexa Levinson was trying to explain pandemic dating to her grandmother, but the idea of a video “date” in sweats, from one’s living room couch, was not…
Lifecycles
Lifecycles for the week of Feb. 5, 2021
Births Proud parents Noah Berenberg and Margaret Chow are happy to announce the arrival of Sebastian Isaac Berenberg, born Jan. 4, 2021 at 4:42 a.m.,…