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Artist Gabriela Albergaria
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Artist Gabriela Albergaria makes trees. More specifically, she uses the agricultural technique of grafting to reconstruct fallen trees and give them new form. With help fro...
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Becoming Home: On the Frontier
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Rabbi Moshe Trager, a certified mohel based in the South Bay, and Rabbi Melanie Aron, rabbi of Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos, are reflective of Jewish leaders who t...
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Becoming Home: Shabbat Shalom
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Renna Khuner-Haber grew up in Berkeley, but left for the east coast to attend Barnard College. After completing her bachelor's degree, she returned to San Francisco where s...
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Becoming Home: Still Seeking
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Lili Sorota grew up in the Republic of Moldova. When she was a teenager, her family emigrated to the United States and settled in San Francisco. Always fascinated by Califo...
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Becoming Home: Tikkun Olam
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As a teenager, David Teitelbaum knew he wanted to be a rabbi. For him the decision was about his desire to help the Jewish people. For close to 40 years he served as rabbi ...
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Becoming Home: Focus on the Text
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A sixth-generation Coloradan, Sara Bamberger, moved to Berkeley when her husband was offered a teaching position at UC Berkeley Law School. Raised in a family that valued s...
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Becoming Home: Out of the Box
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Gelsher Calmensen moved to San Francisco in the late 1960s, while Charlie Varon arrived in the city a decade later. Both New Yorkers, each man was immediately struck by the...
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Becoming Home: Just Like Family
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Raised as a Christian Scientist, Paula Pretlow spent her adult life searching for a sense of religious connection, eventually converting to Judaism when she was 50. Lindsay...
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Becoming Home: Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom
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Journalist and author Frances Dinkelspiel is a fifth generation Californian whose ancestors were key to establishing San Francisco as a merchant center supporting the Gold ...
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VI: Spirituralism and Second Careers - Inside "Houdini: Art and Magic"
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On this tour stop, Houdini's second career as spiritualist debunker is explored. Spiritualism was a religion which promised communication with the dead. In this chapter, le...
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