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Lifecycle announcements for the week of Aug. 19, 2022

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a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
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Death announcements for the week of Aug. 19, 2022

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Ruth Temkim (left) and Sandy Pospisil pack meals for the HaMotzi food assistance program at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Aug. 7, 2022. (Photo/Samantha Laurey)
Posted inJewish Life

At many Bay Area synagogues, the real action is social action

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene August 18, 2022August 19, 2022
Rolf Eden at the Staatsoper im Schiller Theater in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 24, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Matthias Nareyek-Getty Images)
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Rolf Eden, German playboy and nightclub impresario who fought in Israel’s War of Independence, dies at 92

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Israeli singer Svika Pick, who died Aug. 14, 2022, at the age of 72, in 1985. (Photo/JTA-Moshe Shai-Flash90)
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Svika Pick, Eurovision-winning singer who coaxed Israel into the world of pop, dies at 72

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Activist-writer Elana Dykewomon dies, just as her first play debuts

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 9, 2022August 17, 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)
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Their wilderness-inspired Jewish wedding featured an animal-skin ketubah and ‘first fruits’ altar

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA August 8, 2022
a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
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Deaths announcements for the week of Aug. 5, 2022

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