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Sinai Memorial Chapel

Sam Salkin poses for a portrait at Sinai Memorial Chapel in San Francisco on Aug. 1, 2023.  (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Sam Salkin ends 14-year watch at Sinai Memorial Chapel

by Dan Pine August 1, 2023August 3, 2023

Updated Aug. 2 Though he’s officially executive director of Sinai Memorial Chapel, Sam Salkin prefers a less lofty title: funeral director, a term he said better defines his hands-on role […]

Attendees raise a cup of grape juice — no wine allowed — at the San Quentin State Prison seder. (Photo/Vincent O'Bannon/San Quentin News)
Posted inNorthern California

At San Quentin prison seder, the Exodus story is personal

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 7, 2023April 17, 2023
"Angels of Mercy Embrace the Dead" by Karen Benioff Friedman
Posted inArt

Where Jewish lives end, this East Bay artist’s work begins

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 23, 2023February 1, 2023
Katrina Spade, founder and CEO of Recompose, with a box of human compost at Recompose Seattle. (Photo/Mat Hayward-Getty Images-Courtesy Recompose)
Posted inReligion

Is human composting the next big thing in Jewish death practice? 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 19, 2023January 24, 2023
Gathering Nov. 12 to dedicate the new Memorial Garden in Colma. (Photo/Patrick Walls Photography)
Posted inBay Area

Memory Garden in Colma is first Jewish place in U.S. to mourn pregnancy loss

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 15, 2022November 21, 2022
Sam Salkin (left) and Anita Friedman will be honored by AJC next month.
Posted inPhilanthropy

Sam Salkin, Anita Friedman to be honored at AJC Global Advocacy Gala

by Dan Pine September 22, 2022
Sinai Memorial Chapel began life in 1901 as Hebrew Funeral Parlors.
Posted inBay Area

Growth spurt for Sinai funeral home as it marks 120 years

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 6, 2022January 10, 2022
Sinai Memorial Chapel's new office at the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life in Palo Alto.
Posted inBay Area

Sinai Memorial Chapel opens Peninsula office, replacing facility that closed early in pandemic

by J. Staff November 1, 2021November 2, 2021
Sinai Memorial Chapel's main office on Divisadero Street in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inFirst Person

An inside look at our Jewish funeral home during Covid

Sam Salkin by Sam Salkin March 2, 2021
Entrance to the Home of Eternity cemetery in Oakland. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inNews

Sinai funeral home makes livestreaming standard at graveside services

by Gabriel Greschler March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

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