As the walls of flame approached her Santa Rosa home, Melanie Carlston frantically grabbed her mother’s paintings off the walls. She tossed a couple of dozen of them into a box she took with her as she fled, hopeful the artwork left behind would survive. It didn’t. More than a year after the Sonoma County…
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JCHS boys basketball stays hot in semifinals
The boys basketball team at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay is still in the hunt for its first North Coast Section title — as well as its…
Bay Area
End of line for historic Sonoma winery building with Jewish past?
On an isolated, tree-shaded tract in the hills above the Sonoma Valley, the Monte Rosso winery has sat for more than 100 years. But not for much longer.…
Bay Area
Why SF-based Airbnb’s policy on Israeli settlements is boiling over
One offers a “cozy room with view” of the Jordan River Valley. Another advertises “the tranquility of the desert and a taste of warm Israeli hospitality.”…
Bay Area
Bay Area crew gets a look at Israeli projects in Kenya
Participants in a recent overseas trip sponsored by the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco and the National Council of Jewish Women say their nine-day…
Health
Internist Jim Davis honored for dedication to seniors
Dr. James Davis knew long before he entered medical school what direction his life would take. “I had wonderful parents” who demonstrated compassion and…
Philanthropy
JCRC to celebrate community champion Laura Lauder
When Laura Lauder sees a problem, especially but not exclusively in the Jewish world, she does her best to help solve it. She has the financial resources,…
Philanthropy
Substantial new grant for Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies
The Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies at UC Berkeley has been awarded a matching grant of $1 million from a Los Angeles-based foundation, the…
Synagogues
Let there be light! Synagogue architecture embraces new ethos
When Carol Booth took her mother on a recent visit to the construction site where the new Kol Emeth synagogue in Palo Alto is being built, it was still…