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Posted inHealth

Learn more about BRCA gene, join a study — or do both

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 15, 2019
The Chabad Center of Sonoma, which opened last month, was one of a handful of North Bay communities forced to make do on Yom Kippur during a planned power outage. (Photo/Courtesy Chabad of Sonoma)
Posted inBay Area

With power out, North Bay shuls improvise on Yom Kippur

by Sue Fishkoff October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
Consul General of Mexico in San Francisco Remedios Gómez Arnau addresses an audience at the "Building Bridges" forum organized by the American Jewish Committee on Oct. 7. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inNews

Mexico’s top diplomat in S.F. speaks to Jewish community

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
(From left) Broken down door to an office at Chochmat HaLev synagogue in Berkeley and a Berkeley Police officer taking fingerprints (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inBay Area, News

Burglary at Berkeley synagogue; $15,000 worth of goods stolen

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
and old man in a garden, proudly holding up a bundle of carrots
Posted inObituaries

Len Traubman, who got Jews and Palestinians talking, dies at 80

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 8, 2019October 8, 2019
Hadar Greenfield (right) talking with drone entrepreneur Dor Abuhasira at an IAC networking event (Photo/Yuval Greenfield)
Posted inBay Area

Gvanim helps Israelis in America navigate Jewish Americans

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 7, 2019
an old man in a shirt and tie leans on a window; outside, the view is the sides of tall office buildings
Posted inTrailblazers

Philanthropist Dick Rosenberg isn’t resting on his laurels

by Liz Harris October 4, 2019December 23, 2019
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Posted inHigh Holidays, Bay Area, U.S., History, Holidays, Yom Kippur, Jewish Life, News

Atonement: The Jewish case for black reparations

by Gabriel Greschler October 4, 2019October 4, 2019
Worshippers reach for the Torah during services at Wilderness Torah's Rosh Hashanah retreat. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inReligion

Wildly celebrating the new year in the wilderness (of Sebastopol)

by Gabriel Greschler October 3, 2019October 3, 2019
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Posted inHistory

Yom Kippur ’73: Local doctor shares stories and photos from the front lines

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 3, 2019September 28, 2022

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