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The Healdsburg City Council (from left): Ron Edwards, Chris Herrod, Mayor Ariel Kelley, Evelyn Mitchell and Vice Mayor David Hagele. (Photo/Facebook)
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Healdsburg selects first Jewish mayor since 19th century

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene December 13, 2022December 14, 2022

For the first time in more than 100 years, Healdsburg has a Jewish mayor. On Dec. 5, Ariel Kelley was appointed to the yearlong position by her peers on the […]

Rabbi Mark Bloom leads a socially distanced outdoor Friday night service at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, March 5, 2021. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
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Our Pandemic Year: Bay Area rabbis look ahead to a post-pandemic future

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 11, 2021March 16, 2021
a middle-aged man and two kids hang paper chains under a wooden sukkah
Posted inReligion

Bay Area Jews weigh pandemic risks: To gather under the sukkah or not?

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 30, 2020September 30, 2020
A house just outside St. Helena, Napa County, burns in the Glass Fire, Sept. 29, 2020. (Photo/Napa County Sheriff)
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In North Bay, fire and smoke disrupt an already unusual Yom Kippur

Maya Mirsky
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A fire in Napa County as seen from Middletown in Lake County, Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo/Jade May)
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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
Firefighter puts out fire in a forest
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Jewish community on high alert as wildfire season nears

by Dan Pine July 21, 2020
The Chabad Center of Sonoma, which opened last month, was one of a handful of North Bay communities forced to make do on Yom Kippur during a planned power outage. (Photo/Courtesy Chabad of Sonoma)
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With power out, North Bay shuls improvise on Yom Kippur

by Sue Fishkoff October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
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This Palestinian says he is a fighter — for peace

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