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Bay Area Jewish funeral home Sinai Memorial is co-hosting the May 12 event, which will explore how psychedelic-assisted therapy can help people facing serious illness, death and grief. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Jews examine psychedelic use in end-of-life care and grieving process

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 7, 2026May 15, 2026
The Liberty Bell (National Parks Service)
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We yearn for permanence, but we are visitors on God’s Earth

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 7, 2026May 7, 2026
For a heartier dish, add cooked chickpeas before the arugula. (Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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This savory layered eggplant and yogurt bake belongs in your Shavuot rotation

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer May 6, 2026May 6, 2026
A Golden State Valkyries game at Chase Center in San Francisco, Aug. 31, 2025. (Sarah Stierch via Flickr, Public Domain)
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Upcoming events: Basket weaving, Gary Shteyngart, psychedelics 

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 5, 2026May 5, 2026
Sue Barnett on a reporting trip to Israel in January 1991.
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As she retires, we look back on the career of longtime J. editor Sue Barnett

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 4, 2026May 4, 2026
Sinai Memorial Candle
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Death announcements for the week of May 1, 2026

by J. Staff May 1, 2026April 30, 2026
(Photo/Flickr-María Helena Carey CC BY-ND 2.0)
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Lifecycles announcements for the week of May 1, 2026

by J. Staff May 1, 2026April 30, 2026
Winifred S. Davis on her daughter’s farm. She will become a bat mitzvah on May 2. (Courtesy)
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She’s in her 90s — and she’s about to have her bat mitzvah

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett April 30, 2026April 30, 2026
An Omer calendar from 1904 by Baruch Zvi Ring. (Wikimedia)
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From Passover to Shavuot: What the Omer offering teaches us about growth

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 30, 2026April 30, 2026
Kathy Saunders (left) sits next to her sister Ann Saunders Gordon as she records a story about her family’s history at our “History Is Calling!” event. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inHistory

California, here I come: Listen to J. readers share how their families came to the Bay Area

Yael Bright by Yael Bright April 29, 2026April 30, 2026

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