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Congregation Sherith Israel

Empty entrance to the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, which closed its facility in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo/Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inBay Area

JCCs close, hundreds furloughed as Bay Area Jewish orgs feel weight of coronavirus

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 30, 2020March 31, 2020
"Shtisel" co-creator Yehonatan Indursky and Haredi activist Pnina Pfeuffer discuss the show at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Jan. 29, 2020. (S. Smith Patrick)
Posted inTV

‘Shtisel’ creator and haredi activist discuss change among Israel’s ultra-Orthodox

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 31, 2020February 6, 2020
an open laptop computer
Posted inBay Area

Email scam targets Bay Area rabbis and their congregants

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 29, 2020February 4, 2020
"Building the Ark" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inLocal Voice

Noah adapted to climate catastrophe; now it’s our turn

Liore Milgrom-Gartner by Liore Milgrom-Gartner December 16, 2019December 17, 2019
Rabbi Larry Raphael, 72, rabbi emeritus of Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, passed away March 17, 2019.
Posted inObituaries

‘His legacy is enormous’: Larry Raphael, Sherith Israel rabbi emeritus, 72

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 19, 2019March 20, 2019
Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf with the leader of a collective of midwives in Guatemala
Posted inOpinion

Guatemalan midwives taught me the meaning of moral courage

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf February 20, 2019February 20, 2019
Workers pose for a photo on the bimah of Congregation Sherith Israel after a presentation by congregant Maurice Kamins on the history of the congregation and its historic building. (Photo/Maurice Kamins)
Posted inBay Area, News

With seismic retrofit complete, Sherith Israel again on solid ground

by Rob Gloster February 5, 2019February 7, 2019
Raleigh Zwerin, who found out in 2015 that she and her sister had the BRCA mutation, will speak on a panel about the gene that affects one in 40 Ashkenazi Jews. Seen here with her mother-in-law, Lonnie Zwerin.
Posted inHealth

At S.F. synagogue: BRCA, cancer and Ashkenazi genetics

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 17, 2018September 17, 2018
Temple Israel on Madison and Willow streets in Stockton, undated (Photo/Courtesy Western States Jewish History Association)
Posted inPhotography

Overflowing with photos of California’s oldest synagogues

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 16, 2018August 17, 2018
Rabbi Serena Eisenberg and Israel's then-Consul General Shlomi Kofman at the AJC Diplomats Seder at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, March 22, 2018. (Photo/AJC-Mariah Tiffany)
Posted inColumns

22 international diplomats, 70 Jews, one Passover seder

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 29, 2018April 3, 2020

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