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Pope Francis listens to Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni while sitting during his visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome, Italy, Jan. 17, 2016. (Giuseppe Ciccia/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

How Pope Francis advanced Catholic relationship with Jews

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
Opening day at Poppy Bagels in Oakland's Temescal neighborhood, Feb. 1, 2022. (Lillian Ilsley-Greene/J. Staff)
Posted inSmall Bites

S.F. Jew out on ‘Top Chef’; Bagels in Chronicle’s top 100 restaurants

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 21, 2025April 21, 2025
God took the Jewish people out of Egypt to change their inner lives, which is far harder than crossing a sea.


Concept art of Moses splitting the Red Sea in "The Prince of Egypt."
Posted inTorah

The Exodus transformed us into a people who could make our own choices

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf April 17, 2025April 17, 2025
Anita Friedman (left) and Susan Lowenberg (right) at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Western Region Tribute Dinner on March 19, 2025 in Beverly Hills.(Courtesy)
Posted inOur Crowd

Happenings, honors, opportunities, comings and goings — April 2025

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 17, 2025April 17, 2025
Welcome, Benji Rhodes Knapp!
Posted inLifecycles

Lifecycles announcements for the week of April 18, 2025

by J. Staff April 17, 2025April 17, 2025
a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
Posted inObituaries

Death announcements for the week of April 18, 2025

by J. Staff April 17, 2025April 17, 2025
Frances Kunkel gazes upon her works during a lesson on making pickles at Or Shalom Jewish Community in San Francisco, March 24, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Why are pickles such a big hit with S.F. religious school kids?

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 16, 2025June 3, 2025
From left, Marc Mazer, Susan Talon-Mazer, Rabbi Dan Goldblatt and Zoë Francesca Goldblatt of the AriYael Jewish Healing Center. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inReligion

A Bay Area Jewish healing center expands as it embraces mourning, celebration

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz April 15, 2025April 16, 2025
A 300-pound plaster sphinx head from Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 film "The Then Commandments," which was buried along with the rest of the set under the sand at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes for almost a century. (Courtesy Dunes Center)
Posted inPassover

10 things to do with your kids during Passover in the Bay Area

by J. Staff April 15, 2025April 16, 2025
Three men, one very young and two very old, light candles in front of a packed auditorium
Posted inHolidays

Bay Area events for Yom HaShoah and Israel Memorial Day

by J. Staff April 14, 2025April 21, 2025

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