Birth With great joy, Ted and Cantor Amanda Edmondson welcomed our son, Jonas William Edmondson, into the covenant of the Jewish people. He has been given the Hebrew name of Chayim Lev ben Zev v’Chava Leah. He was born at 12:51 p.m. on Feb. 3, 2020, weighing in at 8 pounds, 2 ounces, and measuring…
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Obituaries
Deaths for the week of Feb. 21, 2020
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Gloria Cherin Jan. 22, 1922–Feb. 9, 2020 Gloria Cherin passed away on Sunday,…
Our Crowd
Honors, happenings, comings & goings — February, 2020
Honors Longtime Jewish community leader Rita Semel was honored on Feb. 4 at the Institute on Aging’s 37th annual fundraising event, Dinner à la Heart, at…
Profiles
‘I’m not ready to leave yet,’ says 100-year-old Manhattan Project scientist
In the 1920s, David Altman and his cousin were the only Jewish boys in the small Poconos town of Hawley, Pennsylvania, where their immigrant fathers ran a…
Lifecycles
Lifecycles for the week of Feb. 7, 2020
B’nai Mitzvah Dylan Aaronson Son of Kathryn and David Aaronson, Saturday, Feb. 15 at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. Violet Brors Daughter…
Obituaries
Deaths for the week of Feb. 7, 2020
Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Judith Ferse Broude Sep. 24, 1924-Jan. 21, 2020 Judith Ferse Broude passed away…
Film
Kirk Douglas, movie star who reconnected to Judaism later in life, dies at 103
Kirk Douglas, the legendary actor who portrayed legions of tough guys and embraced his Jewish heritage later in life, died at his home in Beverly Hills on…
Community
Jewish woman in Santa Cruz County needs a kidney
Susan Eshkar, 61, has suffered from polycystic kidney disease — an inherited condition that causes clusters of cysts to form on the kidney — since 1994.…
Lifecycles
Lifecycles for the week of Jan. 24, 2020
Births Karen and Chuck Sebaski of Scarsdale, N.Y., are the proud parents of a daughter, Madison Rose Sebaski, born at 5:27 p.m. on June 27, 2019. Madison…