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Placing stones on a headstone at a Jewish cemetery honors the deceased. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

An unveiling without a headstone? A shortage challenges grieving families

by Stewart Ain and Forward August 26, 2021
Documentarian Debra Chasnoff (right) with wife Nancy Otto in “Prognosis: Notes on Living.”
Posted inFilm

‘Prognosis’: S.F. documentarian turns camera on herself as she battles cancer

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 12, 2021
Eric Fomil with grandson Ilan Rosenbaum.
Posted inCommunity

Our Pandemic Year: Lives lost and families changed forever

by Liz Harris March 18, 2021March 20, 2021
Sinai Memorial Chapel's main office on Divisadero Street in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inFirst Person

An inside look at our Jewish funeral home during Covid

Sam Salkin by Sam Salkin March 2, 2021
Placing stones on a headstone at a Jewish cemetery honors the deceased. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

What it’s like to officiate a funeral in New York right now

Rabbi Jonah Geffen by Rabbi Jonah Geffen April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
Entrance to the Home of Eternity cemetery in Oakland. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inBay Area

Mourners no longer allowed graveside at Sinai Memorial Chapel funerals due to coronavirus fears

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 8, 2020September 3, 2020
A virtual shiva call for Sophi Jacobs (bottom right), whose father died March 19. (FRAIDY ABER)
Posted inBay Area

Death during a pandemic: virtual shiva calls and funerals without mourners

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 25, 2020
Shoshana Berger (Photo/Nicholas Zurcher)
Posted inSeniors

How to face the end of life? Start now, authors urge

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 26, 2019August 26, 2019
Exterior of Sinai Memorial Chapel in San Francisco
Posted inLocal Voice

How my internship at a Jewish funeral home changed me

Jacob Isaacs by Jacob Isaacs August 13, 2019
Michal Morris Kamil with her mother Sarah Morris
Posted inOpinion

Gender inequity, fury and my decision to become a rabbi

Michal Morris Kamil by Michal Morris Kamil March 26, 2019April 2, 2019

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