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Petaluma congregation celebrates 100 years of Jewish life in one building

Aaron Levy-Wolins by Aaron Levy-Wolins August 18, 2025February 5, 2026

Benamy Yashar learned how to braid his daughter’s hair in a most Jewish way: by braiding loaves of challah in the kitchen of Petaluma’s B’nai Israel Jewish Center many years […]

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New summer camp in Petaluma inspired by local Jewish chicken farming history

by J. Staff April 24, 2018April 24, 2018

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