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Rabbi Beth Singer

Rabbis Beth and Jonathan Singer, senior rabbis at San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El since 2013, have announced they will retire in 2025.
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Emanu-El senior rabbis announce retirement — in 2025

by J. Staff March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

The senior rabbis of San Francisco’s largest synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El, have announced that they’ll retire in 2025. Rabbis Beth and Jonathan Singer, who took up the leadership of the historic […]

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WATCH: Rabbi Beth Singer blesses Mayor London Breed

by J. Staff July 11, 2018July 11, 2018
Rabbi Aaron Panken, the president of Hebrew Union College who died recently in a plane crash, leads a Torah procession at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. (Photo/Courtesy of HUC)
Posted inJewish Life

Local Reform leaders remember ‘irreplaceable’ HUC president

by Dan Pine and JTA May 7, 2018May 7, 2018
Rev. Amos C. Brown of Third Baptist Church delivers his annual MLK weekend sermon at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, Jan. 12, 2018. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Swapping pulpits to honor MLK and build a better world

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 17, 2018January 17, 2018

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