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Jewish graves at Eternal Home Cemetery in Colma on April 15, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

After a friend’s assisted death, I wonder: Is there a ‘right’ way to die?

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 30, 2025April 30, 2025

Indisputably, people are living longer lives, but longevity without health is not necessarily a blessing.  I just lost two close friends. Now, in addition to mourning the passing of their […]

a stone statue of a woman in mourning
Posted inLocal Voice

What do I say to a mourner at High Holiday services? 

Rabbi Jon Sommer by Rabbi Jon Sommer September 13, 2023
Sam Salkin poses for a portrait at Sinai Memorial Chapel in San Francisco on Aug. 1, 2023.  (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Sam Salkin ends 14-year watch at Sinai Memorial Chapel

by Dan Pine August 1, 2023August 3, 2023
A young girl clutches a friend during candlelight vigil for victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Feb. 15, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Mark Wilson-Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

Are there wrong ways to comfort a mourner? Yes

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan July 27, 2023July 27, 2023
Katrina Spade, founder and CEO of Recompose, with a box of human compost at Recompose Seattle. (Photo/Mat Hayward-Getty Images-Courtesy Recompose)
Posted inReligion

Is human composting the next big thing in Jewish death practice? 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 19, 2023January 24, 2023
Ondi Timoner and her father Eli Timoner in "Last Flight Home," Ondi's film about Eli's assisted suicide. (Photo/MTV Documentary Films)
Posted inCulture

‘Last Flight Home’: A Jewish family helps their father end his life in new documentary

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 14, 2022October 18, 2022
Sinai Memorial Chapel began life in 1901 as Hebrew Funeral Parlors.
Posted inBay Area

Growth spurt for Sinai funeral home as it marks 120 years

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 6, 2022January 10, 2022
Sinai Memorial Chapel's new office at the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life in Palo Alto.
Posted inBay Area

Sinai Memorial Chapel opens Peninsula office, replacing facility that closed early in pandemic

by J. Staff November 1, 2021November 2, 2021
"The Burial of Sarah" by Gustave Dore
Posted inTorah

The death of Sarah is the Torah at its most relatable

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 29, 2021October 28, 2021
The author (on his mother’s lap) with the family in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1948.
Posted inBooks

New memoir: Grieving his mother while the towers were falling

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller September 9, 2021

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