About Us In the News WINTER 2021: Growth spurt for Sinai funeral home as it marks 120 years SPRING 2021: Sinai makes Livestreaming Standard at Graveside Services SPRING 2021: An inside look at our Jewish Funeral Home during Covid WINTER 2020: NorCal Board of Rabbis leaders get their 15-minute close-ups FALL 2020: Sinai Memorial says ‘no’ to indoor funerals as S.F. eases restrictions SUMMER 2020: A Jewish Way to Remember Prenatal and Pregnancy Loss at The Memory Garden SPRING 2020: Sinai Chapel’s annual Passover Ma’ot Chitim (‘wheat money’) fund takes on added importance this year SPRING 2020: Death during the COVID-19 pandemic mean virtual shiva calls and funerals without mourners present FALL 2019: Sinai Memorial takes over ownership of Home of Eternity Jewish cemetery from Oakland’s Temple Sinai FALL 2019: New digital map offers walking tours of San Francisco Bay Area’s hidden Jewish history SUMMER 2019: How my internship at a Jewish funeral home changed me SPRING 2019: Taube Philanthropies Announces $100,000 Matching Grant to The Memory Garden WINTER 2019: Jewish Family & Children’s Services Leading the Way to a New Jewish Path for Healing After Pregnancy Loss FALL 2018: What happens when a Jew dies in poverty? In the Bay Area, when the deceased is Jewish, Sinai steps in. SUMMER 2017: This therapist helps clients dance through their grief. Cheryl Bartky is Sinai’s Mourner Care lead counselor SUMMER 2016: Sinai supports Jewish Community study, “A Portrait of Bay Area Jewish Life and Communities” SPRING 2016: The Memory Garden to Provide a Place to Mourn Infertility and Fertility Loss SPRING 2016: Sinai provides Ma’ot Chitim (‘Wheat Money’) to ensure seders for prisoners, elderly SPRING 2016: Classes taught by local Funeral Directors and Educators Demystify Jewish Customs Around Death SUMMER 2015: What does a Russian Émigré Passover Seder look like? SPRING 2015: Local Jewish cemeteries in Colma and Contra Costa County promise to use less water WINTER 2015: Speaking well of (those who bury) the dead at Sinai’s annual Chevra Kadisha Zayin Adar luncheon SUMMER 2013: Putting a Torah to Rest at Eternal Home Cemetery’s Genizah in Colma SPRING 2013: In East Bay, a rising tide to reclaim rituals surrounding death WINTER 2012: The Memory Garden will soon be a place for mourning parents to reflect and meditate SPRING 2011: Jewish Values are the bottom line at Sinai Memorial Chapel, our communities nonprofit Jewish funeral home SUMMER 2009: Ten rabbis participated in the consecration of the Orthodox portion of new Jewish cemetery, Gan Shalom SPRING 2005: Ashes to Ashes, Bay Area Jewish community reflects on cremation options SUMMER 2000: Seniors witness a ritual rarity — burying three aged Torahs SPRING 1999: Chevra Kadisha (Burial-society) volunteers find spiritual elevation in task of Taharah FALL 1998: Bay Area Émigré FSU community honors Odessa Holocaust Victims with a monument at Eternal Home Cemetery SUMMER 1997: New Jewish cemetery - Gan Shalom planned as Contra Costa County population ages SPRING 1996: Sinai Memorial Chapel’s East Bay space in Lafayette adds new burial prep room for Jewish rituals SUMMER 1995: Jewish Mourning rituals help Jews confront the grief of loss