Births Rabbi Yosef and Dena Levin of Chabad of Greater South Bay in Palo Alto announce the birth of their grandson Shalom Ber Klyne, born on April 6, 2021. Parents are Rabbi Mendy and Menucha Klyne of Monsey, New York. B’nai Mitzvahs Haley Blackman Daughter of Seth and Stacey Blackman, Saturday, April 17 at Beth…
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Deaths for the week of April 16, 2021
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Steffi Tick October 2, 1927–April 8, 2021 Loving wife, mother and grandmother…
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Deaths for the week of April 9, 2021
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Kurt Remy Jan. 13, 1949–March 29, 2021 Kurt Remy passed away on Maui in Hawaii,…
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Deaths for the week of April 2, 2021
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Kenneth Hugh Madfes March 24, 1946–March 8, 2021 Kenneth Hugh Madfes, born in…
Lifecycles
Lifecycles for the week of April 2, 2021
B’nai Mitzvahs Haley Blackman Daughter of Stacey and Seth Blackman, Saturday, April 17 at Beth Chaim Congregation in Danville. Dalia Lily Gardner Daughter…
Obituaries
Jewish LGBTQ icon Al Baum dies at 90 after ‘full, rich life’
Alvin H. Baum Jr., a philanthropist and activist known as Al to his friends and admirers, died March 28 at home in San Francisco. He was 90. “Al lived a…
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Deaths for the week of March 26, 2021
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Jerrilyn Beth Kaplan Aug. 24, 1947–March 13, 2021 Jerrilyn (Harris) Kaplan, age…
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Philanthropist Stephen Grand, 77, ‘made every day count’
Stephen Grand was well known as a prodigious philanthropist, supporting a variety of Jewish causes and medical-scientific institutions. For those who knew…
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Honors, comings & goings — March 2021
Honors Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley has been recognized as a Certified Green Business by the California Green Business Network. To get…