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Rabbi Ari Cartun's family having Shabbat dinner together, March 2020.
Posted inAct Two

Pandemic Shabbats offer lessons to carry forward

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 8, 2021
Members of Karen Galatz’s family on her father’s side.
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Am I a Galatz from Galați? Part 2

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 6, 2021
Edith Heine as a toddler in pre-war Holland.
Posted inYom HaShoah

East Bay Holocaust survivor, 83, shares history through a child’s eyes

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 5, 2021April 7, 2021
This Western Scrub Jay  visited during Janet Silver Ghent's outdoor Passover seder. (Photo/Phoenix Podell)
Posted inAct Two

Yellow-bellied fluffernutter and the bluebird of Passover

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 2, 2021
It's just too many remotes. (Photo/Janet Silver Ghent)
Posted inAct Two

For me, figuring out our TV is a remote possibility

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent March 24, 2021March 25, 2021
Eric Fomil with grandson Ilan Rosenbaum.
Posted inCommunity

Our Pandemic Year: Lives lost and families changed forever

by Liz Harris March 18, 2021March 20, 2021
Entrance to San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inSeniors

Layoffs at SF Jewish senior home, as Covid retreats

by Gabriel Greschler March 8, 2021March 22, 2021
Janet Silver Ghent (left) and her husband care for elephants at a sanctuary in Thailand in 2018.
Posted inAct Two

Itching to travel again, but can our bodies handle the rigors?

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 24, 2021
Posted inSeniors

South Bay orgs raise money for impoverished Holocaust survivors

by Gabriel Greschler February 22, 2021February 23, 2021
(Photo/snappygoat.com)
Posted inSeniors

As we age, a night of good Z’s isn’t as easy as A-B-C 

by Dr. Jerry Saliman February 9, 2021February 9, 2021

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