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A medical worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine at Barzilai Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on Dec. 20, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Gil Cohen-Magen-AFP via Getty)
Posted inAct Two

My granddaughter won’t get vaccinated, and I can’t change her mind

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 18, 2021October 18, 2021
a bottle of pills
Posted inHealth

Pharmacist knows best: How to avoid medicine misuse

Dr. Linda Bernstein by Dr. Linda Bernstein October 5, 2021October 5, 2021
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Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Torn jeans, tattoos and parental taboos

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz October 4, 2021January 26, 2022
Sen. Scott Wiener presents to Sharon Silverman, then president of Hebrew Free Loan, a State Senate resolution commending the organization for 120 years of service the organization's 2017 gala. (Photo/Kamran Zohoori)
Posted inBay Area, Jewish Life, News, Philanthropy, Seniors

At 81, Sharon Silverman reflects on a life of trailblazing volunteerism and leadership

by Liz Harris September 30, 2021October 1, 2021
Herbert Gold points to a painting he got in Haiti. (Photo/George Barahona)
Posted inCulture

‘Not Dead Yet’: Nonagenarian S.F. icon Herbert Gold talks writing, Israel, mortality

by Liz Harris September 23, 2021September 29, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-enki22 CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Together again! This High Holidays, our choir was truly magical.

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent September 22, 2021September 29, 2021
An antique Rosh Hashanah greeting card
Posted inRosh Hashanah

5782 is coming, but too much new is making me blue

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz September 1, 2021
Ari Sklar (left) and Ashton Sklar participate in a drive-in Yom Kippur service put on by Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in North Miami, Sept. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Posted inAct Two

Asking forgiveness year after year — it’s what we do

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 26, 2021
Vitali Voskoboinik stands with his daughter, Yulia Nedzvetski, in the garden of his home at Terrace Senior Housing in Pacifica. (Photo/Lea Loeb)
Posted inBay Area

This Holocaust refugee was on death’s doorstep. But with the help of his daughter, he beat Covid-19 against all odds.

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb August 16, 2021August 16, 2021
(Photo/Janet Silver Ghent)
Posted inAct Two

Rouxing the day my immersion blender failed me

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 16, 2021

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