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Rabbi Tsipi Gabai is the leader of Congregation Zohar Yisrael, which held its monthly Friday night service in Berkeley, Nov. 8, 2019. (Courtesy Gabai)
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I was in a strange, new world: Egalitarian Sephardi Shabbat

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 13, 2019November 13, 2019
"Kanta Judezmo" composer Sascha Jacobsen’s cousins, the Capeloutos, in Rhodes, circa 1906 (Photo/Courtesy Sascha Jacobsen)
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Ladino is the language, S.F. the setting for world premiere of grand Jewish oratorio

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 18, 2019April 18, 2019
A scene from “The Unorthodox”
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Birth of Shas party recounted with humor, heart in ‘The Unorthodox’

by Michael Fox March 6, 2019March 6, 2019
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Playing the name game at new Sephardi course in S.F.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 20, 2018February 20, 2018
black and white drawing of cats and human who has become a cat
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Artist breathes life into Ladino proverbs in Marin exhibit

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