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Gold Country

Miriam Root is a past president of Congregation Beth Shalom in Marysville, and has been a member for more than 30 years. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inUncategorized, Northern California

Gold Country synagogue may be sold, members to focus on philanthropy

by Gabriel Greschler August 27, 2021August 31, 2021

A small congregation about 40 miles north of Sacramento will be winding down its Friday night services and most likely selling its historic 1905 building after the rabbi’s recent retirement […]

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
Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, established in 1857. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inLetters

Gold Country reporting trip is a hit; Hooray for Quentin Kopp; Sore about Soros; etc.

by J. Readers December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
The "Little Shul," located behind the main building of Temple Beth Sholom in San Leandro, seen here ca. 1940, is one of many Jewish treasures travelers can visit on a trip to Gold Country. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inHistory

A road trip through Jewish Gold Country

by Gabriel Greschler November 25, 2020December 8, 2020

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