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Reuben Friedman (right) with his father, Brad Friedman (left) and a sibling during his March 19, 2020, Zoom bar mitzvah. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Friedman)
Posted inMixed & Matched

My son’s bar mitzvah has to be postponed due to Covid-19. What should I do?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler May 12, 2020
The exterior of San Francisco's Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, as rendered in Miecraft. (Screenshot/Courtesy Joel Lachter)
Posted inReligion

A virtual bar mitzvah party — in a Minecraft replica of local synagogue

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 8, 2020May 12, 2020
Ezra Rosen and his mother, Eve Rosen, greet well-wishers. (Photo/Norm Levin)
Posted inCommunity

PHOTOS: Drive-by car parade celebrates a socially distant bar mitzvah

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky and Norm Levin April 22, 2020
Instead of her planned bat mitzvah Torah service, Raizel Mahgel-Friedman will have a "Torah learning" ceremony streamed on Zoom on April 24. (Photo/Courtesy Nell Mahgel-Friedman)
Posted inReligion

Orthodox Jews find creative workarounds for b’nai mitzvahs during pandemic

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 21, 2020April 22, 2020
Mazel tov to Steven Michael Eliscu and Roxanne Alicia Woodward!
Posted inCommunity

Lifecycles for the week of April 17, 2020

by J. Staff April 17, 2020
Miriam Groman, who turned 100 on April 5, with Rachel Freeman, whose grandfather is Groman's partner, in 2018. (COURTESY FREEMAN)
Posted inCalifornia

Woman Zooms to 100 with virtual birthday party

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 10, 2020April 10, 2020
Welcome to Planet Earth, Mackenzie Arielle Kaplan!
Posted inLifecycles

Lifecycles for the week of April 3, 2020

by J. Staff April 2, 2020April 3, 2020
Reuben Friedman (right) with his father, Brad Friedman (left) and a sibling during his March 19, 2020, Zoom bar mitzvah. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Friedman)
Posted inReligion

Coronavirus forces b’nai mitzvah ceremonies online

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 26, 2020March 27, 2020
Janet Silver Ghent and Allen Podell celebrate 20 years of marriage at Il Fornaio in Palo Alto on Feb. 13, 2020.
Posted inCommunity

A ‘match made in newsprint,’ 20 years later

by J. Staff March 13, 2020
Welcome to Planet Earth, Lucy Rae Blum!
Posted inLifecycles

Lifecycles for the week of March 6, 2020

by J. Staff March 6, 2020March 6, 2020

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