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Bay Area Jewish Healing Center

From left, Marc Mazer, Susan Talon-Mazer, Rabbi Dan Goldblatt and Zoë Francesca Goldblatt of the AriYael Jewish Healing Center. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inReligion

A Bay Area Jewish healing center expands as it embraces mourning, celebration

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz April 15, 2025April 16, 2025

On a clear, crisp December morning a month after her 39-year-old husband, Evan, died of cancer, Mikaela Dunitz immersed herself in a Berkeley neighbor’s hot tub as Zoë Francesca Goldblatt […]

Jonathan Furst, a Jewish chaplain working for the Board of Rabbis of Northern California, seen here at his wife’s office in Berkeley on Monday, Dec. 18. 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

New Jewish community chaplain helps fill service gap at S.F. hospitals

by Sue Fishkoff December 22, 2023
Chesa Boudin looks on during an election-night event as voters chose to recall him from his position as San Francisco District Attorney, June 7, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Chesa gave it his all; We love CCJDS; Federation should save Jewish healing center

by J. Readers June 22, 2022
A nurse works with a Covid patient in Fullerton, Dec. 25, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Francine Orr-Los Angeles Times-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Everybody comes to the hospital. With our Jewish healing center closing, who will be there for you when it’s your turn?

Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher by Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher June 16, 2022June 17, 2022
Rabbi Eric Wiess, CEO of the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, speaking at a BAHJC event in 2015. (Photo/Courtesy Weiss)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area Jewish Healing Center to shut down after 31 years

by Dan Pine June 2, 2022April 11, 2025
A researcher studies samples of the coronavirus in a state-run laboratory in Pennsylvania. (Photo/Flickr-GovernorTomWolf CC BY 2.0)
Posted inLocal Voice, Passover, Religion, Health, Holidays, Opinion

Passover, Covid-19 and the dangers of inhumane healthcare

Rabbi Jon Sommer by Rabbi Jon Sommer April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
Rabbi Elliot Kukla
Posted inFirst Person

Disability during a pandemic: Why you should put a spoon on your seder plate this year

Rabbi Elliot Kukla by Rabbi Elliot Kukla April 1, 2020April 1, 2020
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Being an end-of-life volunteer helped me in many ways

Laurie Barkin by Laurie Barkin March 16, 2020March 16, 2020
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Posted inNews

Four local Jews on annual ‘Forward 50’ list

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 24, 2019December 24, 2019
Rabbi Eric Weiss is one of the hosts of KPIX TV's "Mosaic."
Posted inCulture

Local Jewish topics get a wakeup call on TV’s ‘Mosaic’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 8, 2017March 23, 2018

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