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Lifecycles announcements for the week of Feb. 9, 2024

by J. Staff February 9, 2024February 9, 2024
Steve Fankuchen died in January at the age of 79. (Photo/Courtesy of Eric Smith)
Posted inObituaries

Steve Fankuchen, quirky local champion of Jewish avant-garde, dies at 79

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 7, 2024February 7, 2024
Pearl Berg (aged 3) with her parents Archiebald and Anna (Gerson) Synenberg in 1913; at right, Berg in recent years. (Photos/JTA-Gerontology Research Group, Gerry Teitelbaum-Judy Taback)
Posted inObituaries

Pearl Berg, world’s oldest Jewish person and 9th-oldest overall, dies at 114

by Andrew Silow-Carroll February 7, 2024
(From left) Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Rabbi Paul Steinberg and Anti-Defamation League Central Pacific Regional Director Marc Levine speaking at Congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon. (Courtesy ADL)
Posted inOur Crowd

Honors, happenings, opportunities, comings and goings — Jan. 2024

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 31, 2024February 2, 2024
Maisie Juliette Kaplan held by her sister Mackenzie with sister Maya (left). (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inLifecycles

Lifecycles announcements for the week of Jan. 26, 2024

by J. Staff January 26, 2024January 29, 2024
a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
Posted inObituaries

Death announcements for the week of Jan. 26, 2024

by J. Staff January 26, 2024January 29, 2024
Left: Eyal Mevorach Twito  was killed in fighting in Gaza on Jan. 22. (Photo/Courtesy); The next day, some 100 people attended a memorial service for him at Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland, which his family attended when they lived in the Bay Area. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inObituaries

‘I had a child, and he is no more’: Oakland Hebrew Day School alum Eyal Twito, 22, killed in Gaza fighting

by Dan Pine January 23, 2024January 26, 2024
Bernie Steinberg was the director of Harvard Hillel from 1993 to 2010. (Photo/JTA-Facebook)
Posted inObituaries

Bernie Steinberg, Harvard Hillel director who promoted pluralism and later lived in Berkeley, dies at 78

by Andrew Silow-Carroll January 16, 2024January 16, 2024
a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
Posted inObituaries

Death announcements for the week of Jan. 12, 2024

by J. Staff January 12, 2024January 17, 2024
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Lifecycles announcements for the week of Jan. 12, 2024

by J. Staff January 12, 2024January 17, 2024

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