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Rabbi Malcolm Sparer died April 1 at the age of 93.
Posted inObituaries

Rabbi Malcolm Sparer, Board of Rabbis president, interfaith pioneer, dies at 93

by Dan Pine April 7, 2020April 13, 2020
Rita Semel at home in San Francisco, where she has devoted herself to public service for decades. (Photo/Norm Levin)
Posted inTrailblazers

Rita Semel, 98, is a tireless leader and ‘interfaith bridge’

by Liz Harris April 2, 2020May 21, 2026
Rabbi David Rosen speaks at a Feb. 24 interfaith gathering in San Francisco. (Dan Pine)
Posted inNews

First rabbi to meet Saudi monarch in Riyadh stops in S.F. full of optimism

by Dan Pine February 25, 2020February 26, 2020
a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inMixed & Matched

How do I deal with my tween’s resistance to having a bat mitzvah?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler February 19, 2020February 19, 2020
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

Advice: My Jewish boyfriend bristles at Christmas. But isn’t it just one day?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann was inaugurated last month as the first non-Christian president of Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. (Courtesy GTU)
Posted inUncategorized

GTU’s new Jewish president on spiritual care in a time of division

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann by Rabbi Daniel Lehmann November 11, 2019November 12, 2019
Nabeel Abboud Ashkar, one of the founders of the Polyphony Conservatory.
Posted inCulture

Arab and Jewish musicians find common purpose in Polyphony Quartet

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert November 11, 2019November 11, 2019
(From left) Canon Jeffrey Hookom of Grace Cathedral, Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf of Congregation Sherith Israel, Sen. Scott Weiner, Iftekhar A. Hai of United Muslims of America Interfaith Alliance and Reverend Elaine Donlin Buddhist Church of S.F. at an interfaith memorial service for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at Grace Cathedral in San Francsico, Oct. 27, 2019. /Gabriel Greschler
Posted inBay Area

S.F. interfaith service offers prayers, hope one year after Pittsburgh shooting

by Gabriel Greschler October 28, 2019October 29, 2019
Roberts reclines on a couch, smiling
Posted inObituaries

Pioneering journalist Cokie Roberts, who wrote about her interfaith marriage, dies

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 17, 2019
a couple sitting together at sunset, seen in silhouette
Posted inMixed & Matched

It’s not your son’s girlfriend’s job to seek Judaism. It’s your son’s.

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler September 4, 2019

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