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Congregation Beth Jacob

Post-tashlich Shabbat service at the Peninsula JCC's Hamlin Garden, led by (from left) Cantor Doron Shapira, Rabbi Laurie Matzkin, musician Michael Battat and Rabbi Lisa Kingston.
Posted inFirst Person

Kicking off 5783 with spirituality and community on the Peninsula

Rabbi Laurie Matzkin by Rabbi Laurie Matzkin October 26, 2022October 27, 2022

For the first time in years, I did not lead congregational worship during the recently concluded High Holiday season. Instead, I filled my dance card with opportunities up and down […]

Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum in 2011. (Photo/Joyce Goldschmid)
Posted inObituaries

SF-born Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum, who marched in Selma, dies at 94

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 10, 2021March 17, 2021
In the 2019 "Irreverently Yours, The Shushan Queens" Purim spiel, Haman and the king plotted to build a wall around Shushan to keep the Jews out. (Photo/Courtesy Kiki Lipsett)
Posted inComedy

What are we ready to joke about during this pandemic Purim?

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 17, 2021March 15, 2021
Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inReligion

Oakland synagogue celebrates new year with long-awaited eruv

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2020September 14, 2020
a large room with four men in it praying very far apart
Posted inNews

‘No singing, no Kiddush, no nothing’: Chabads first to reopen for prayer services during pandemic

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 6, 2020
Despite new state guidelines, S.F. Congregation Sherith Israel plans to remain closed. (Photo/File)
Posted inNews

Local synagogues aren’t hurrying to reopen under new state guidance

by Gabriel Greschler May 27, 2020May 28, 2020
Jay and Phyllis Koppelman were among the first Californians to test positive for Covid-19. (COURTESY JAY KOPPELMAN)
Posted inNews

Local Jewish couple in their 70s recounts battle with Covid-19

by Gabriel Greschler April 3, 2020April 14, 2020
Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inBay Area

Contra Costa couple in their 70s, members of Beth Jacob, test positive for coronavirus

by Gabriel Greschler March 17, 2020March 18, 2020
Sheryl Sandberg speaks during the Digital-Life-Design conference in Munich, Germany, Jan. 20, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Lino Mirgeler-DPA-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inBay Area

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg pledges $2.5 million to ADL

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 16, 2019November 14, 2019
Michal Kohane
Posted inBay Area, News

Oakland Orthodox shul wins grant for women’s teaching course

by J. Staff June 12, 2018June 12, 2018

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