We offer this listing every year as a service to our readers who are not members of synagogues, and who seek free or low-cost ($40 and under) Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. Most synagogues have registration deadlines, even if services are free, while others offer sliding-scale tickets. Chabad services generally are free, and several…
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Lifecycles
Lifecycles for the week of Aug. 10, 2018
Arielle Afar Daughter of Melody Pong-Afar and Daniel Afar, Saturday, Aug. 18 in Israel, with Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto. Zach Appel Son of Julie…
Obituaries
Deaths for the week of Aug. 10, 2018
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Zev Hymowitz, 1932-2018 Buried in Israel on Aug. 1. Please send written memories…
Mixed & Matched
Is b’nai mitzvah prep too demanding on families’ time?
Dear Dawn: I am Jewish, and my husband was Catholic but no longer identifies with any religion. I care strongly about raising our children Jewish, and my…
Bay Area
San Mateo’s famed Auschwitz escapee Herman Shine, 95
Herman Shine, a San Mateo man believed to be one of the last survivors to have escaped Auschwitz, died on June 23. He was 95. Shine worked as a roofer at…
Our Crowd
Honors, happenings, comings & goings — July 2018
Honors Four Bay Area senior educators in the field of Jewish teen engagement are among 20 selected for the Jewish Education Project’s inaugural Generation…
Lifecycles
Lifecycles for the week of July 27, 2018
B’nai Mitzvah Poppy Aviva Zonderman Blatherwick Daughter of Beth Zonderman and Robert Blatherwick, Saturday, Aug. 11 at Or Shalom Jewish Community in San…
Obituaries
Deaths for the week of July 27, 2018
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Gary L. Sweet, born in Madison, Wisconsin, passed away June 29, 2018, at age 81,…
Lifecycles
Lifecycles for the week of July 13, 2018
Births Joey Levy of San Francisco is excited to announce the arrival of his brother Noah Samuel Levy, born on April 27 in St. Luke’s Hospital in San…