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Flory Jagoda at the Richmond Folk Festival in 2012. (Screenshot from YouTube)

Music

Flory Jagoda, champion of Sephardic music, dies at 97

Flory Jagoda, the Bosnian-born Holocaust survivor who became a champion of Ladino and Sephardic music after immigrating to the United States, has died.…
By Ben Harris, JTA Feb 2, 2021
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Obituaries

Deaths for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 2021

Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. William…
By J. Staff Feb 1, 2021
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Obituaries

Deaths for the week of Jan. 24-30, 2021

Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. Eve…
By J. Staff Jan 25, 2021
Welcome to Planet Earth, Chana Kayla!

Lifecycles

Lifecycles for the week of Jan. 22, 2021

Births Mazel tov to parents Rabbi Levi and Fraidy Gerlitzky, directors of Chabad in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and grandparents Rabbi Yosef and Dena Levin of…
By J. Staff Jan 22, 2021
Larry Marks (left) and Gladys Monroy, seen here in Israel in 2014, recently gave $5 million to the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot.

Our Crowd

Honors, happenings, philanthropy, comings & goings — Jan. 2021

Honors State Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco has been named chair of the California Senate Mental Health Caucus, “which focuses on improving…
By David A.M. Wilensky Jan 21, 2021
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Obituaries

Deaths for the week of Jan. 17-23, 2021

Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. Max…
By J. Staff Jan 19, 2021
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Obituaries

Deaths for the week of Jan 10-16, 2021

Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. Victor…
By J. Staff Jan 11, 2021
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Lifecycles

Lifecycles for the week of Jan. 8, 2021

B’nai Mitzvahs Myca Elizabeth Barbieri Daughter of Jaime and Anthony Barbieri, Saturday, Jan. 9 at Temple Sinai in Oakland. Ava Esther and Amalia…
By J. Staff Jan 8, 2021
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Obituaries

Deaths for the week of Jan. 3-9, 2021

Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. This page will be updated throughout the week. Submit an obituary here. Michael…
By J. Staff Jan 4, 2021
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