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Lifecycles announcements for the week of March 20, 2026
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (171+ words) Hannah Margaret Corey'Daughter of Elizabeth and Daniel Corey, Saturday, March 14, at Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills. William Koufax Currie'Son of Rachael Horwitz and Brandon Currie, Saturday, March 7, at Temple Sinai in Oakland." William Koufax Currie' Brendan Edesses'Son of…...
Stanford students pitch startup ideas in Hillel contest for $30K prize
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (973+ words) Stanford University junior Jessica Korobkin set out to give her fellow students a chance to practice tikkun olam, the Jewish concept of repairing the world." What she got back were dozens of ingenious proposals reflecting Silicon Valley's innovation ethos " everything…...
Lifecycles announcements for the week of March 6, 2026
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (214+ words) Izzy Phillips'Daughter of Galia Amram and Charles Phillips, Saturday, Feb. 21, at Temple Sinai in Oakland. Gianna Campbell'Daughter of Bella Shirin and Scott Campbell, Saturday, Feb. 28, at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette. Roman Sanchez'Son of Pauline Kleyner-Sanchez and Cesar Sanchez, grandson of…...
Lifecycles announcements for the week of Feb. 20, 2026
3+ week, 6+ day ago (325+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California Leeza Chapin'Daughter of Anna and William Chapin, Saturday, Feb. 7, at Temple Sinai in Oakland." Nathaniel Hannan' Nathaniel Hannan'Son of Dana Doron, Saturday, Feb. 7, at Congregation Am Tikvah in San Francisco. Arielle Hoffer'Daughter of Meredith…...
ACT TWO | Grandchildren are a blessing, no matter their faith
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (744+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California In 1965, I married a man who called himself a WASA, a white Anglo-Saxon atheist, and I drifted away from the Jewish community." I was raised in a nonobservant home, so marrying outside the faith…...
This chanteuse brought Yiddish music to life a century ago
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (713+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California "A little girl stands on a table. Oil lamps light the room. There is silence in the warm night. Around her, dimly, she sees bearded faces, the round, proud smiles of the women. She…...