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Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum, revered as much for his commitment to his congregants and the Bay Area Jewish community as for his passionate social activism on national and international stages, died at age 94 on Monday. The next day, about 150 people took part in a memorial service on Zoom in which the native San Franciscan was remembered for his participation in the U.S. civil rights movement, his advocacy on behalf of Soviet Jews and his love for Israel — but, above all, for his kindness and conviction that the true task of Judaism is to build community. “His was a Judaism about belonging,...

Max Silver, an 18-year-old at the University of Michigan who chose to sit out this semester at home in Los Altos, had been looking for a volunteer opportunity to stay busy. He checked out Vax Volunteers after he heard about it from his mom. “I’d searched online sporadically but couldn’t find anything I wanted to do that was related to Covid-19,” Silver said. “The Vax Volunteers site is easy to maneuver, so I filled out some of the registration forms for local sites, and I’m waiting to hear back.” That is exactly what Sharon Leslie of Los Altos had in mind when she launched vaxvo...

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Hurricane Carla Forces Synagogues to Cancel Rosh Hashanah Services in Texas September 14, 1961 4:00 am Hurricane Carla comes ashore Galveston, Texas, 1961. (Flip Schulke/Getty Images) Advertisement Hurricane Carla, one of the most destructive storms ever to hit the southern United States, knocked out most of the Rosh Hashanah services scheduled by South Texas congregations. The impact of the hurricane on the plans to usher in the Jewish New Year was surveyed for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency by Jim Wisch, editor and publisher of the Texas Jewish Post. New Year servi...

Among Purim’s traditions, perhaps the most well known is the Purim spiel, a theatrical retelling of the Book of Esther that can be pointed, satirical, parodic or just downright silly, depending on the community and the year. Often, Purim spiels use the story of Esther and Haman as a way of commenting on or joking about current events and the state of the world. So, almost one year into the pandemic and only a month and a half since a violent insurrection at the Capitol, what are we ready to laugh about? For performer and educator Kiki Lipsett, who runs an annual politically charged spiel in...