Sari Bourne Kaplan and Matt Kaplan of San Francisco welcomed a baby girl, Mackenzie Arielle Kaplan, on March 18 (chai!), 2020. Mackenzie was born in San Francisco, weighing in at 6 lbs. 4 oz. and measuring 18.7 inches. Proud grandparents are Dr. Jeffrey Bourne and the late Mickey Naggar Bourne, a past leader at Jewish…
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Obituaries
Deaths for the week of April 3, 2020
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Carole A. Cohen June 5, 1938–March 17, 2020 Carole A. Cohen (don’t forget the…
Trailblazers
Rita Semel, 98, is a tireless leader and ‘interfaith bridge’
Part of Trailblazers, a series of profiles of Jewish men and women who build and sustain our Jewish community, supported by a generous donation from Carol…
Religion
Coronavirus forces b’nai mitzvah ceremonies online
“It was a little different. It was weird,” 13-year-old Reuben Friedman said of his March 19 bar mitzvah in San Francisco. He did his Torah reading from a…
Bay Area
Berkeley writer’s coronavirus relief effort helps restaurants and hospital workers
Berkeley writer Ayelet Waldman has found a novel way to help East Bay restaurants and hospital workers at the same time: buying food from one to give to…
Obituaries
Deaths for the week of March 20, 2020
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Herbert Blumenthal Dec. 1, 1917–March 9, 2020 Herbert (Hillel) Blumenthal died…
Our Crowd
Honors, happenings, comings & goings — March, 2020
Honors Evan Bloom, owner and cofounder of Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen, has been included on the San Francisco Business Times’ “40 Under 40” list of…
Bay Area
Urban Adamah makes house call with produce for seniors
Lorelai Kude, a member of Aquarian Minyan in the East Bay, wondered what Urban Adamah, the Jewish urban farm in Berkeley, was doing with all of its fresh…
First Person
Being an end-of-life volunteer helped me in many ways
In 2012, I made a decision to become a volunteer, end-of-life “spiritual care partner” through a program called Kol Haneshama. When I signed up, I had…