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(Photo/Wikimedia-Michael Murphy CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inSeniors

Does diet soda cause cancer? It’s complicated.

by Dr. Jerry Saliman May 22, 2019
Doris Sperber at her 110th birthday party, Jan. 18, 2018  (Photo/Dan Pine)
Posted inObituaries

Doris Sperber, who became bat mitzvah at 100, dies at 111

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 21, 2019May 23, 2019
Marty Katz (left) and Bernard Marcus share memories at the Vi retirement community. (Photo/Carly Nairn)
Posted inSeniors

From Bronx to Palo Alto, these nonagenarians walked parallel paths in life

Carly Nairn by Carly Nairn May 20, 2019
Josh Kornbluth uses his performance skills to talk about brain health in his "Citizen Brain" video series. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inHealth

There’s a science to empathy, and an art to explaining it

by Patricia Corrigan May 18, 2019May 17, 2019
Retired B’nai Emunah cantor and Reutlinger resident Henry Drejer (center) with fellow resident Doris Langer at Reutlinger's 2017 Simchat Torah celebration (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inBay Area

Reutlinger families seek assurances about home’s Jewish character

by Dan Pine May 15, 2019May 17, 2019
a man sits at a mock-up of a car dashboard and steering wheel. a big screen in front of him displays a driving simulations. a young man and young woman look on.
Posted inSeniors

Developing innovative tech to help seniors as Campus for Jewish Living evolves

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 1, 2019May 1, 2019
Helga Newman at age 9 in Austria, April 1939
Posted inCommunity

80 years later, Palo Alto woman’s story of rescue by Kindertransport

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 25, 2019April 29, 2019
Rabbi Ryan Bauer of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco speaks at the National Convening on Jewish Poverty in San Francisco, March 19 (Photo/Courtesy Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Posted inNews

More local Jews struggle with poverty than you might think

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 17, 2019April 18, 2019
Scientist-turned-artist Larry Lagin at Bothwell Open Studios (Photo/Vanessa Thomas)
Posted inUncategorized

Nuclear scientist-turned-artist explores Holocaust

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 17, 2019April 17, 2019
Holocaust survivor and former Berkeley city auditor Anna Rabkin speaking at Temple Sinai in Oakland, March 26, 2019 (Photo/Ilana DeBare)
Posted inUncategorized

A survivor’s journey from Lvov ghetto to Berkeley City Hall

by Ilana DeBare April 8, 2019April 9, 2019

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