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Chabad of Berkeley

Anatoly Smolkin (Photo/Berkeley Police) interrupted a Shabbat service at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley (Photo/File).
Posted inBay Area

Ranting disbarred lawyer disrupts Berkeley synagogue service, then goes looking for Chabad rabbi

by J. Staff August 12, 2021August 17, 2021

A disbarred attorney previously convicted for stalking was arrested Saturday after entering Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley and shouting out an antisemitic and aggressive screed, then proceeding to the nearby […]

Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland held its first indoor service in a year, March 14, 2021.
Posted inReligion

Bay Area synagogue doors start to swing open again 

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 14, 2021April 14, 2021
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From retail shop to Jewish center: East Bay Chabad spruces up new digs

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 6, 2021
Sonoma County Sheriff personnel on Jan. 4 near Blind Beach, where Michael Wyman drowned trying to save his two children. (Photo/Twitter-San Mateo County Sheriff's Office)
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Jewish father drowns on Sonoma coast trying to save two young children, who remain missing

by Dan Pine January 5, 2021January 7, 2021
a slim man in sunglasses picks up a cardboard box
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Chabads become distribution centers for free produce boxes

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 13, 2020July 13, 2020
Rabbi Gil Leeds and UC Berkeley students do mitzvot to honor Poway shooting victim.
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‘We’re all family’: Jews seek comfort at Berkeley Chabad

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 29, 2019

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