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Exterior of Sinai Memorial Chapel in San Francisco
Posted inNews

Virtual panel to explore how young people grieve and heal

by Gabriel Greschler August 14, 2020August 17, 2020
The author (left) age 9, with her mother and siblings in Oakland. (Photo/Courtesy Larks)
Posted inFirst Person

Black Jews are grieving, and we need you to help us mourn

Shekhiynah Larks by Shekhiynah Larks June 9, 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
Entrance to the Home of Eternity cemetery in Oakland. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inBay Area

Mourners no longer allowed graveside at Sinai Memorial Chapel funerals due to coronavirus fears

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 8, 2020September 3, 2020
A virtual shiva call for Sophi Jacobs (bottom right), whose father died March 19. (FRAIDY ABER)
Posted inBay Area

Death during a pandemic: virtual shiva calls and funerals without mourners

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 25, 2020
Quilted hearts sent in memoriam of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. /Courtesy of the Tree of Life Congregation and Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives
Posted inU.S., News

What happens to memorial objects left at site of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 25, 2019
(From left) Beth Kissileff, writer of this piece; her husband, Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, a survivor of the Oct. 31, 2018 shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh; and Pitssburgh Mayor Bill Peduto at Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church during a service for victims of the mass shooting. (Photo/JTA-Salwan Georges-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

My congregation prayed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. Here’s how we are coping this Rosh Hashanah.

Beth Kissileff by Beth Kissileff and JTA September 24, 2019September 26, 2019
Exterior of Sinai Memorial Chapel in San Francisco
Posted inLocal Voice

How my internship at a Jewish funeral home changed me

Jacob Isaacs by Jacob Isaacs August 13, 2019
Two women kneel pensively on a path near headstones and open grass
Posted inUncategorized

Memory Garden will be a place of healing for grieving parents

Tad Taube by Tad Taube April 23, 2019
Michal Morris Kamil with her mother Sarah Morris
Posted inOpinion

Gender inequity, fury and my decision to become a rabbi

Michal Morris Kamil by Michal Morris Kamil March 26, 2019April 2, 2019

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