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Dr. Ronn Berrol, an emergency room doctor in Oakland. (COURTESY BERROL)
Posted inBay Area

‘Called to serve’: Jewish doctors, nurses report in from the front lines

by Gabriel Greschler March 27, 2020March 27, 2020
Dr. David Cornfield (center) with Dr. Waldo Concepcion, director of pediatric kidney transplantation, and Dr. Douglas Sidell, pediatric ear, nose and throat surgeon, in front of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. (AMY BROOKS)
Posted inHealth

‘It’s not the Bubonic Plague’: Stanford pediatrician at cutting edge of Covid-19 research, treatment

by Sue Fishkoff March 27, 2020March 30, 2020
Yuri Milner (left) and Mark Zuckerberg at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Mountain View, November 2019. (Photo/JTA-Steve Jennings/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Local tech titan Yuri Milner donates $3 million to Israel’s virus response

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 27, 2020
Volunteers from Jewish Family and Children's Services get ready to deliver groceries. (Photo/Courtesy JFCS)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

From groceries to phone banking, volunteers step up during coronavirus outbreak

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 26, 2020
Volunteers Ronna Voorsanger (left) and Fanny Stein at the Rodef Sholom gift shop in San Rafael. (LIZ HARRIS)
Posted inPassover

With Passover approaching, temple gift shops pick up where now-closed Judaica stores left off

by Liz Harris March 26, 2020
Hilda Namm, 94, survived Kristallnacht and the Shanghai ghetto before coming to the U.S. (Photo/Liz Harris)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

A post-Kristallnacht escape by ‘the bravest person I know’

by Liz Harris March 26, 2020March 31, 2020
Reuben Friedman (right) with his father, Brad Friedman (left) and a sibling during his March 19, 2020, Zoom bar mitzvah. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Friedman)
Posted inReligion

Coronavirus forces b’nai mitzvah ceremonies online

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 26, 2020March 27, 2020
Rebecca Calahan Klein of Lafayette held a neighborhood drive for masks, gloves, toilet paper and non-perishable food outside her home over the weekend. (REBECCA CALAHAN KLEIN)
Posted inHealth

Jewish senior facilities seek masks, other protective supplies

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 25, 2020April 2, 2020
A virtual shiva call for Sophi Jacobs (bottom right), whose father died March 19. (FRAIDY ABER)
Posted inBay Area

Death during a pandemic: virtual shiva calls and funerals without mourners

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 25, 2020
Hinda Gilbert on her way home to San Francisco after a 14-day quarantine at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield. (MARLIN GILBERT)
Posted inBay Area

Home at last: Jewish S.F. resident ends 14-day quarantine at military base

by Gabriel Greschler March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

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