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a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
Posted inObituaries

Death announcements for the week of May 26, 2023

by J. Staff May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
(From left) Kaitlin Brennan, Gabby Powell, Portia Kadlecek and Hannah Coleman celebrate their belated b'nai mitzvahs at Emanu-El. (Photo/Courtesy Lori Coleman)
Posted inLifecycles

At Emanu-El, pandemic b’nai mitzvah teens finally get to party like it’s 2019

by Dan Pine May 15, 2023May 16, 2023
Posted inObituaries

Don Chaiken, dedicated East Bay philanthropist, dies at 86

by Dan Pine May 15, 2023May 15, 2023
(Photo/Flickr-María Helena Carey CC BY-ND 2.0)
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Lifecycles announcements for the week of May 12, 2023

by J. Staff May 12, 2023May 12, 2023
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Death announcements for the week of May 12, 2023

by J. Staff May 12, 2023May 22, 2023
Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man in 2011. (Screenshot/YouTube)
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Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man of Berkeley, leader in Jewish meditation who met with the Dalai Lama, dies at 89

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 5, 2023May 5, 2023
Jeremy Gordin offers a toast in an undated family photo. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Gordin family)
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South African journalist Jeremy Gordin, former J. staffer, murdered in home burglary at 70

by Marcel Gascón Barberá and JTA May 3, 2023
five little girls, one little boy, and two parents, both holding infants, pose together for a family picture
Posted inKids & Family

East Bay Chabad couple welcomes fourth set of twins

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Author and Rabbi Harold Kushner is pictured with his best-selling book, "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," in 2001. (Photo/JTA-Ron Bull-Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer, Ben Harris and JTA May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Welcome to Planet Earth, Molly Shoshana Kiferbaum!
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Lifecycles announcements for the week of April 28, 2023

by J. Staff April 28, 2023April 28, 2023

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