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Congregation Netivot Shalom

Abi Finer-Tominaga sounds the shofar in front of his house in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. (Photo/Yuki Tominaga)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Wail of the shofar connects Bay Area Jews in uncertain time

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 15, 2020September 16, 2020
Rabbi Mark Bloom streams a live Shabbat service from Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, May 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Covid, race protests, wildfires on tap for High Holiday sermons

by Sue Fishkoff September 8, 2020September 8, 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
Prospective Berkeley Moshav members at a 2014 planning meeting. (From file)
Posted inNews

After years of planning, Jewish co-housing site to be revealed at Berkeley meeting

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 27, 2019November 27, 2019
The co-creators of the Possibly-Largest-Seder-Plate in-the-World at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley, 2014. (Photo/Courtesy Judy Massarano)
Posted inPassover

Is this Berkeley seder ‘plate’ the world’s largest?

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 17, 2019April 16, 2019
a huge crowd fills the streets, seen from far above
Posted inNews

JCRC event will consider Zionism in light of Federation study

by Rob Gloster March 7, 2018March 7, 2018
Rabbi Menachem Creditor and Neshama Carlebach
Posted inJewish Life

Berkeley activist rabbi Menachem Creditor to marry singer Neshama Carlebach

by Dan Pine November 27, 2017November 28, 2017
Miriam Lowe (left) and Amy Midanik-Blum admire the Netivot Shalom Yizkor book. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJewish Life

This first-of-its-kind memorial book brings an entire synagogue’s departed to life

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 22, 2017September 20, 2017
Rabbi Menachem Creditor speaking about gun violence at the White House in 2013 (Photo/Heather Wilson-Pico Network)
Posted inNews

Rabbi Menachem Creditor announces he will leave Netivot in 2018

by Dan Pine September 8, 2017September 8, 2017
Rabbi Menachem Creditor of Netivot Shalom speaks at the launch of the One American Movement at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley, Aug. 23, 2017. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inNews

New ‘One America Movement,’ launched in Berkeley, seeks to bridge political divides

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 25, 2017

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