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Congregation Beth Ami

The damaged and leaky ceiling in one of Beth Ami's preschool classrooms on March 23. According to the former staffer who took the photo, it has looked like this since Jan. 9.
Posted inEducation

Mass resignations and health concerns led to Beth Ami preschool closure, parents and staff say

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss April 11, 2023April 12, 2023

A dire situation that developed this winter at Congregation Beth Ami’s Community Nursery School had 20 preschoolers and seven employees navigating around buckets filled with water dripping from a leaking […]

A photo tweeted by White Lives Matter California on Nov. 22, 2022.
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area antisemitism: Hate incidents pepper region

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene November 28, 2022November 29, 2022
Rabbi Mark Bloom leads a socially distanced outdoor Friday night service at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, March 5, 2021. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inReligion

Our Pandemic Year: Bay Area rabbis look ahead to a post-pandemic future

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 11, 2021March 16, 2021
Joe Biden spoke during a memorial service for American victims of the Covid-19 pandemic on Jan. 19, 2021, the eve of his inauguration as president. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inBay Area

On Inauguration Day, Bay Area Jewish leaders breathe a sigh of relief 

by Gabriel Greschler January 20, 2021January 21, 2021
A house just outside St. Helena, Napa County, burns in the Glass Fire, Sept. 29, 2020. (Photo/Napa County Sheriff)
Posted inBay Area

In North Bay, fire and smoke disrupt an already unusual Yom Kippur

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Gabe Stutman by Maya Mirsky, Dan Pine and Gabe Stutman September 29, 2020September 30, 2020
Florence Metz with her granddaughter and several great-granddaughters. (Photo/Carolyn Metz)
Posted inSeniors

Florence Metz, 105 and still going strong, to be celebrated

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 17, 2020September 18, 2020
a latino man in a kippah sits in his car, covered in snow
Posted inNews

Ex-Marine student rabbi turns heads in Montana

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 25, 2020September 16, 2020
A fire in Napa County as seen from Middletown in Lake County, Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo/Jade May)
Posted inNorthern California

Torahs packed and synagogues on high alert as fires bear down in North Bay

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky and Gabriel Greschler August 19, 2020August 20, 2020
Rabbi Mark Bloom streams a live Shabbat service from Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, May 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inNews

Synagogues begin sketching out plans for post-quarantine reopening

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
A sign at a protest in New York City, Aug. 14, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Robert Nickelsberg-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

‘The New Anti-Semitism’ series at Beth Ami in Santa Rosa

by J. Staff March 20, 2018

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