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Peninsula Sinai Congregation

Protesters dressed as oppressed women from the TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" at a protest against the Netanyahu government's proposed judicial reforms outside of the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, July 13, 2023. (Courtesy UnXeptable)
Posted inOur Crowd

Honors, happenings, comings & goings — July 2023

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb July 18, 2023July 19, 2023

Honors Charlotte Fletcher of San Francisco is one of 64 college students from around the world selected for the 2023 cohort of Birthright Israel Excel, a program that awards summer […]

The graffiti included a  swastika and other symbols. At the request of the congregation, J. has agreed to blur some of it. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inNews

Swastika spray-painted on Peninsula Sinai Congregation in Foster City

by Dan Pine June 21, 2023June 23, 2023
Post-tashlich Shabbat service at the Peninsula JCC's Hamlin Garden, led by (from left) Cantor Doron Shapira, Rabbi Laurie Matzkin, musician Michael Battat and Rabbi Lisa Kingston.
Posted inFirst Person

Kicking off 5783 with spirituality and community on the Peninsula

Rabbi Laurie Matzkin by Rabbi Laurie Matzkin October 26, 2022October 27, 2022
Left: Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin as a bar mitzvah with Cantor Doron Shapira at Peninsula Sinai in Congregation, 2010. Right: Years later, he's getting ready to help lead Peninsula Sinai for the High Holidays.
Posted inHigh Holidays

As a kid he loved his Foster City synagogue. This High Holidays, he’s going to help lead it.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
A recent session of Temple Isaiah's JQuest Hebrew school. (Photo/Courtesy Temple Isaiah)
Posted inEducation

Learning Hebrew in ‘Hebrew school’? That’s not always the point.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 2020November 24, 2020
Rabbi Mark Bloom streams a live Shabbat service from Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, May 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Covid, race protests, wildfires on tap for High Holiday sermons

by Sue Fishkoff September 8, 2020September 8, 2020
The light-filled sanctuary of Kol Shofar in Tiburon (Photo/HCLA)
Posted inBay Area, Columns, Religion, Jew in the Pew, Jewish Life, News

Shabbat online? Conservative synagogues get OK, but some were already doing it

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 25, 2020May 26, 2020
Rabbi Mark Bloom streams a live Shabbat service from Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, May 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inNews

Synagogues begin sketching out plans for post-quarantine reopening

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Rabbi Stacey Friedman of Congregation Rodef Sholom livestreams Havdalah with son Eli.
Posted inNews

Silver lining: Huge numbers ‘attend’ online Jewish events

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 13, 2020April 14, 2020
Michael Berenbaum, director of the Sigi Ziering Institute for Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust. (American Jewish University)
Posted inNews

Scholar’s talks on Peninsula could touch ‘raw nerve’ with tough topics

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 24, 2019

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