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Welcome to Planet Earth, Leo Samuel Sims!
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Lifecycle announcements for the week of Sept. 2, 2022

by J. Staff September 2, 2022September 2, 2022
Welcome to Planet Earth, Maya Simone!
Posted inCommunity

Lifecycle announcements for the week of Aug. 19, 2022

by J. Staff August 19, 2022August 19, 2022
The bride and groom, Ophir Haberer and Adi Aboody, exit the chuppah after the ceremony with family and friends applauding. (Photo/JTA-Luna Munn Photography)
Posted inUnions

Their wilderness-inspired Jewish wedding featured an animal-skin ketubah and ‘first fruits’ altar

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA August 8, 2022
Welcome to Planet Earth, Emanuel Mordechai Goldenstein!
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Lifecycle announcements for the week of Aug. 5, 2022

by J. Staff August 5, 2022August 3, 2022
a closeup photo of a hand holding a pointer over an open torah scroll, suggesting of a b'nai mitzvah
Posted inJewish Life

Lifecycle announcements for the week of July 22, 2022

by J. Staff July 22, 2022July 22, 2022
Naomi Louise Cohen
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Lifecycle announcements for the week of July 8, 2022

by J. Staff July 8, 2022July 8, 2022
Welcome to Planet Earth,
Lila Raine Loeb-Barahona!
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Lifecycles announcements for the week of June 24, 2022

by J. Staff June 24, 2022June 24, 2022
Sonia Apfelblum, a Holocaust survivor, became a bat mitzvah at Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo on May 12, 2022. (Photo/Miri Ekshtein)
Posted inBay Area

Two Holocaust survivors celebrate long-delayed b’nai mitzvah in San Mateo

by Dan Pine June 21, 2022June 23, 2022
image of people waving their hands in the air at a party
Posted inJewish Life

Lifecycles for the week of June 10, 2022

by J. Staff June 10, 2022June 10, 2022
Sandra Razieli officiated Teva Goldstein's bat mitzvah in Maui, Dec. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Anna Kim Photography)
Posted inTravel

Mazel tov in Maui, courtesy of former East Bay tutor  

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA June 8, 2022June 8, 2022

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