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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

Updated Aug. 2 Though he’s officially executive director of Sinai Memorial Chapel, Sam Salkin prefers a less lofty title: funeral director, a term he said better defines his hands-on role […]

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
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
Mine E. Grassetti's children line up to shovel earth onto her coffin at the Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, July 8: (from left) Daniel Grassetti, Richard Grassetti, Elizabeth Grassetti and Silvia Grassetti-Kruglikov. (Photo/Union Democrat-Shelly Thorene)
Posted inNorthern California

Sonora Hebrew Cemetery hosts final burial for Holocaust survivor

by Giuseppe Ricapito July 26, 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
Entrance to the Home of Eternity cemetery in Oakland. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inNews

Sinai funeral home makes livestreaming standard at graveside services

by Gabriel Greschler March 2, 2021March 2, 2021
Sinai Memorial Chapel's main office on Divisadero Street in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inNews

Sinai Memorial says ‘no’ to indoor funerals as S.F. eases restrictions

by Gabriel Greschler September 3, 2020September 4, 2020
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
an older man in uniform hands a folded flag to a bearded man
Posted inCommunity

What happens when a Jew dies in poverty?

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 16, 2018February 24, 2021

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