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Kids & Family

Judith Goleman and Sherwin Silverman (Photo/Gable Macarthur)
Posted inColumns

As the years march on, couple finally ready to say ‘I do’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 7, 2017September 7, 2017
From the cover of "Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale" by Eric A. Kimmel and illustrated by Jim Starr
Posted inJewish Life

Giant challah, perfect pumpkin populate new crop of holiday kids’ books

by Penny Schwartz September 7, 2017September 7, 2017
This week's Torah portion introduces the commandment to leave fallen harvest in the field to be "gleaned" by the poor, as illustrated here in "The Gleaners" by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible.
Posted inColumns

What does tikkun olam have to do with divorce?

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider September 1, 2017August 31, 2017
The columnist's family on vacation (Photo/Julie Levine)
Posted inColumns

With my family, in nature, I find a special balance

by Julie Levine August 28, 2017September 6, 2017
Is it permitted to hold a wedding two days after the death of a close family member? (Photo/file)
Posted inColumns

OK to hold a wedding right after the groom’s brother dies?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris July 30, 2017August 21, 2017
Polish Jews - Anita Friedman stands in a doorway with an much older woman
Posted inJewish Life

‘This was your town’ — JFCS leader reclaims history in father’s Polish shtetl

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett July 27, 2017April 20, 2024
a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inAdvice Mensch, Columns, Education, Kids & Family, Milestones, Religion, Jewish Life

If her Hebrew isn’t up to snuff, can bat mitzvah wait a year?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris July 26, 2017July 24, 2017
Rabbi Marvin Goodman will be honored Aug. 29, 2017 at a community event at Peninsula Sinai Congregation in Foster City on the occasion of his 69th birthday.
Posted inJewish Life

Spotlight on the community, July 2017

by Rob Gloster July 25, 2017July 25, 2017
Talia Salzman and Frank Schiff walk down the aisle
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Milestones, Jewish Life, Unions

Childhood best friends hit reset for romance as 20-somethings

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 23, 2017July 25, 2017
Sammy Paykel reads from the Torah as his parents Neela and Joe Paykel (from left), Rabbi Alissa Forrest Miller and Cantor Leigh Korn look on.
Posted inCommunity, Education, Kids & Family, Milestones, Jewish Life

Celebrating b’nai mitzvah in Israel becoming a tradition for Temple Isaiah families

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn July 21, 2017July 24, 2017

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