Friday, July 3, 2009

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news & features

• Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff sentenced to 150 years in prison

• Jewish groups lining up with Obama on health care measures

• After ‘surreal’ Madoff sentencing, victims try to move on

• No Jewish Republicans left in Senate as Al Franken takes Minn. seat

• Michael Jackson’s Jewish ties had their highs and lows

• Jackson kids’ Jewish mother could regain custody

• Agriprocessors set to be sold to Canadian company

• Israeli Omri Casspi goes to Sacramento in first round of NBA draft

• Man of faiths: Preeminent religion scholar Huston Smith reflects on Judaism and Chasing the Divine

• State budget cuts threaten to eliminate key social services

• The all-inclusive siddur: Sha’ar Zahav’s new prayerbook a communal effort

• Methodist conference passes anti-Israel resolutions

• E.B. federation gets new president

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Maccabi athletes flex their muscles at park cleanup

• Berkeley conference ponders questions on burial process

• Shorts: U.S.

• Torah-embracing non-Jews fuel their movement online

• Polls: Obama unpopular in Israel, Netanyahu in U.S.

• South African expats may have a Madoff on their hands

• Mass converts pose dilemma for Latin American Jews

• Shorts: Mideast

arts

• Contemporary Jewish Museum marks first-year anniversary

• Kiss your ‘oy veys’ away at the CJM

• Biography goes beyond ‘what might have been’

• Israeli-born director offers meaning of life for ‘$9.99’

• ‘Dybbuk’ at CJM

• Nothing ‘Works’ in Woody Allen’s latest bit of blather

columns

• The lessons went both ways when I taught at Midrasha

• Remembering to trust in God is a lesson even priests must learn

• Top cable picks, Monsters and gangsters, ‘Battle of the Jews’...

• Jokes

cook

• Kids away at camp? Fire up the grill and get the party started

opinions & letters

• Don’t be afraid to bring Judaism into America’s dialogue

• The time for immigration reform is now

• With youth like Fred Scarf, fairytales can come true

• Turmoil in Iran could benefit Israel-Palestinian peace process

• Feel-good catch phrases do Judaism a disservice

• Anti-Israel stance a misfire by Methodists

• Letters

lifecycles

• B’nai mitzvah

• Deaths

supplement: celebrations

• Torah class spices things up … with tacos and salsa

• Same-sex wedding in Israel not legal, but still celebratory

• Couple sets sail on their own love boat

• ‘What was I thinking?’: No regrets for brides who go with a classic look

• Unorthodox wedding: A couple with swine flu

• ‘Biggest little city’ finally gets a Jewish center

• In first person: Bride happily says ‘I do’ to frugality

• On July 4 this year, give a cheer for the red, white and Jew

• Finding right tutor can be harder than learning to chant Torah

• First mikveh in Montana opens

• Rehearsal dinner land mines abound

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