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(From left) Kaitlin Brennan, Gabby Powell, Portia Kadlecek and Hannah Coleman celebrate their belated b'nai mitzvahs at Emanu-El. (Photo/Courtesy Lori Coleman)
Posted inLifecycles

At Emanu-El, pandemic b’nai mitzvah teens finally get to party like it’s 2019

by Dan Pine May 15, 2023May 16, 2023

For teens gathered in the Congregation Emanu-El’s sanctuary on May 5, the candies thrown from the pews must have felt like rain after a drought. After three years of canceled […]

an older woman happily holds out her arms to greet an old friend in a large synagogue sanctuary
Posted inNews

After three years of Covid, synagogues have ‘new normal’ 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 20, 2023March 20, 2023
“When there’s a pandemic next time, the misinformation will start on Day One,” says Dr. Bob Wachter of UCSF. (Photo/Courtesy UCSF)
Posted inNews

In our annual Covid checkup with Dr. Bob Wachter, it’s time to start playing the long game

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 7, 2023March 7, 2023
Samantha Liu carries a Torah scroll at her recent bat mitzvah at Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo. Starting Nov. 1, the synagogue is no longer requiring masks at services. (Photo/Courtesy PTBE)
Posted inNews

With Covid protocols relaxed, masks come off at more synagogues — but some still say it’s premature

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 3, 2022November 3, 2022
"Noah's Ark" (1846) by Edward Hicks
Posted inJewish Life

Ark, who goes there? It’s us, Noah’s fellow quarantiners

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf October 28, 2022October 27, 2022
Ilan Vitemberg performing for children with a puppet at the Jewish Community Library. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Community Library)
Posted inObituaries

Beloved Bay Area Israel educator Ilan Vitemberg dies of complications from Covid

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 4, 2022October 12, 2022
Rabbi Dan Ain came to San Francisco's Congregation Beth Sholom in 2018.
Posted inNews

Rabbi Dan Ain to leave Beth Sholom at end of March after four years

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Masked congregants at Congregation Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service on June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inLocal Voice

Plea from a disabled Jew: the pandemic isn’t over

Mariyama Scott by Mariyama Scott March 18, 2022March 30, 2022
Congregation Emanu-El Forest School participants walk along the Mountain Lake Trail in San Francisco's Presidio. (Photo/Michael Gutnick)
Posted inEducation

Emanu-El ‘forest’ preschool grows out of pandemic pivot

Michael Gutnick by Michael Gutnick March 17, 2022
Congregants at Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service of the pandemic, June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inNews

More Bay Area synagogues are going mask-optional

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

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