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Congregation Sherith Israel

Greg Berguig hits a two-run homer as the Brandeis/Sherith Israel Lionhearts play the Kol Shofar Maccabees during a softball game at the Tamalpais High School softball field in Mill Valley, June 14, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inSports

5 synagogues step up to the plate in BATS — the Bay Area Torah Softball league

Aaron Levy-Wolins by Aaron Levy-Wolins June 17, 2026June 17, 2026

Greg Berguig gripped the metal bat tightly, his eyes focused on the yellow softball coming his way. His bat connected with a loud “PING!” and drove the ball over the […]

Cantor Martin Feldman and his wife, Nancy, in 2015. (Courtesy Congregation Sherith Israel)
Posted inObituaries

Cantor Martin Feldman, 97, remembered as the voice of Sherith Israel

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 8, 2026April 8, 2026
Music Director Jonathan Dimmock plays the 3,500-pipe organ at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, June 10, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inCulture

Sherith Israel’s historic pipes will offer majestic welcome to organist convention

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert June 21, 2024January 30, 2025
a woman kneels next to a child on a playground
Posted inEducation

At Sherith Israel’s new preschool, the kids will stay outside 

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 1, 2023
Joey Weisenberg (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inMusic

Joey Weisenberg coming to S.F. to help build ‘singing communities’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 14, 2022October 15, 2022
Left: Gabriel Lehrman at his bar mitzvah. Right: Lehrman more recently.
Posted inBay Area

Two locals are back on their bar mitzvah bimahs as clergy interns

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss June 13, 2022June 21, 2022
Rabbi Martin Weiner, seen here at his long-time pulpit, Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, passed away this month at the age of 83.
Posted inObituaries

Rabbi Martin Weiner dies at 83, leaving behind a towering legacy

by Dan Pine March 9, 2022March 10, 2022
Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz. (Photo/Wikimedia-Dvortygirl CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

With mikvahs closed, complete your conversion in wild waters

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
an older woman happily holds out her arms to greet an old friend in a large synagogue sanctuary
Posted inBay Area

As local rules relax, Bay Area congregations return to their sanctuaries

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 15, 2021October 26, 2021
Cantor David Frommer, formerly of Congregation Sherith Israel, on reserve duty in 2015. (Photo/File)
Posted inOpinion

I served in Afghanistan as an Army chaplain. Jewish wisdom can help us process what comes after withdrawal.

by Cantor David Frommer and Forward September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

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