B’nai Mitzvah Samantha Adelberg Daughter of Christie Trott and Brad Adelberg, Saturday, June 15 at Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills. Ella Akin Daughter of Tracy and Alexander Akin, Saturday, June 22 at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. Asher Ballon Son of Sabra and Jonathan Ballon, Saturday, June 15 at Congregation Emanu-El in San…
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Obituaries
Deaths for the week of June 14, 2019
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Stephen Corbin Becker Stephen Corbin Becker died unexpectedly on May 29, 2019.…
Trailblazers
Philanthropist Carol Saal’s persistence helped save Palo Alto JCC
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…
Pride
Celebrate Pride Month at these Jewish community events
Pride Month in the Bay Area offers plenty of opportunities to celebrate the LGBTQI community and its history. Many synagogues host “Pride Shabbats,” but…
Obituaries
Survivor and Holocaust educator Dora Sorell of Berkeley dies at 98
There is a number on Dora Sorell’s grave: A-7603. Sorell, a Holocaust survivor who died on May 27 at the age of 98 in Berkeley, bore that number since the…
Our Crowd
Honors, happenings, comings & goings — May 2019
Honors Ilan Eisenberg, who will be a junior next year at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto, has won the high school English division of the Chidon…
Obituaries
Deaths for the week of May 31, 2019
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Malvin Barer, MSc, MD May 22, 1931–May 8, 2019 Malvin was born in Brooklyn, New…
Lifecycles
Lifecycles for the week of May 31, 2019
B’nai Mitzvah Samantha Adelberg Daughter of Christie Trott and Brad Adelberg, Saturday, June 15 at Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills. Sascha…
Obituaries
Doris Sperber, who became bat mitzvah at 100, dies at 111
San Francisco resident Doris Sperber, at age 111 likely the oldest person in the city if not the state, died on May 9, leaving behind a legacy of kindness…