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mental illness

Anatoly Smolkin, seen here in a screenshot from a security camera at Congregation Beth Sholom in 2021, has been convicted of making threats at Congregation Emanu-El.
Posted inBay Area

Local Jewish man with history of mental illness convicted of threatening S.F. synagogue

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 8, 2023August 9, 2023

A 39-year-old Jewish man with a history of menacing Bay Area synagogues has been convicted of making criminal threats toward Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. The guilty verdict, handed down […]

Angelique Cabral as Becca Winograd-Diaz (left) and Rosa Salazar as Alma Winograd-Diaz in 'Undone.' (Photo/Courtesy Prime Video)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Undone’ imagines reversing intergenerational trauma in a Mexican-Jewish-American family

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz October 24, 2022October 25, 2022
Anatoly Smolkin caught on security camera across the street from Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco.
Posted inNews

Man threatening S.F.’s Beth Sholom is arrested and released

by J. Staff October 14, 2021October 22, 2021
Posted inJewish Life

Shining a light on mental health in the Jewish community

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn May 18, 2018May 18, 2018
Beth Singer (left) with her sisters Amy (center) and Lori (right), who has schizophrenia
Posted inUncategorized

We need to start talking about mental illness in our synagogues

Rabbi Beth Singer by Rabbi Beth Singer May 16, 2018May 17, 2018
police examine the scene on the train
Posted inIsrael, News

British woman, 23, killed in Jerusalem stabbing attack; Palestinian man held

by JTA April 14, 2017

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