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Congregation Kol Emeth

Larry Sokoloff with his family's Torah, which now lives at Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto.
Posted inFirst Person

My family’s Torah was written in Poland about a century ago. It has a new home in Palo Alto

Larry Sokoloff by Larry Sokoloff August 11, 2023August 11, 2023

The Torah came into my family’s lives in the mid-1960s when my grandfather Emanuel Sokoloff bought it for the new sanctuary at Temple Beth Emet in Anaheim in Southern California. […]

Dutch Reformed Church pastor Leendert Overduin is recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.
Posted inUncategorized

Palo Alto student essay contest honors Leendert Overduin, Dutch pastor who saved Jews

Larry Sokoloff by Larry Sokoloff March 30, 2022March 30, 2022
Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz. (Photo/Wikimedia-Dvortygirl CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

With mikvahs closed, complete your conversion in wild waters

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
A kippah-clad man holds a sign reading "Jews for Black Lives" at a Black Lives Matter protest in front of the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles, Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Valerie Macon-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Rabbis’ letter warns Jews are ‘self-censoring’ on race and gender

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward December 15, 2021December 23, 2021
Rabbi Amy Eilberg and the Rev. Debra Murray
Posted inBay Area

Jewish leaders rally around Black Palo Alto pastor facing harassment

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 30, 2021August 30, 2021
Masked congregants at Congregation Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service on June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inBay Area

Rise of Delta variant pushes Bay Area Jewish groups to change course

by Gabriel Greschler July 23, 2021July 23, 2021
A view from the entrance to Kol Emeth's new sanctuary, looking straight at the Ark.
Posted inNews

Palo Alto shul’s new building blends Biblical old and Silicon Valley new

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 23, 2021March 4, 2021
a picture of an older white woman next to cover art "Unexpected Encounters," which features abstract geometric shapes
Posted inBooks

Tales of lockdown give immediacy to Palo Alto retiree’s short story collection

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 21, 2020August 22, 2020
Pastor Kaloma Smith (left) and Rabbi David Booth (right) on a group trip to Israel.
Posted inNews

Local rabbi and pastor lead coast-to-coast ‘Night of Hope’ to fight racism

by Sue Fishkoff June 12, 2020June 23, 2020
The light-filled sanctuary of Kol Shofar in Tiburon (Photo/HCLA)
Posted inBay Area, Columns, Religion, Jew in the Pew, Jewish Life, News

Shabbat online? Conservative synagogues get OK, but some were already doing it

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 25, 2020May 26, 2020

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