news & features

• 40-year ZOA leader dies in N.Y. at 82

• Former ADL chair gets the nod from Conference of Presidents

• Film sheds light on little-known Dresden labor camp

• Palestinian claims Israel injected children with AIDS

• Pact preserving Auschwitz site may end long debate over fate

• Dr. Laura’s feisty Dallas federation talk goads guests

• Purim season draws big bucks for kids’ costumes and props

• Anti-Semitic ranting in Chicago sparks debate over hate crimes

• Farrakhan bid to GOP sparks heated - and ugly - political spat

• Religious-secular Shabbat wars heating up in Israel

• Netanyahu urges jump to final-status talks, eyes unity

• Early release for embezzler ignites angry reaction in Israel

• Israeli justice minister’s threats to Arafat spark anger

• No compensation for Czech survivors

• French banks allegedly kept millions in Jewish funds

• Mideast Report

• Safed mixes mystical traditions with modern artistry

• Russian Jewish reformist moves up Kremlin ladder

• Israel Center offers travelers help

• World Report

• Chagall Torahs and Lichtenstein prints brighten Tel Aviv

• Israel-Jordan healing starts following students’ massacre

• Russian grandmother gets letter before girl’s murder

• British rabbi’s wrath reveals Orthodox-Reform rift

• German firms hesitating on investments in Israel

• Camp Guide

• The Rothschilds: generations of nurturing Zionism

• Tikkun editor calls letter-writing policy `a mistake’

• Israeli in S.F. visit calls for bill protecting pluralism

• Fund-raising effort sends local filmmaker to the Oscars

• South Bay Shorts Breast cancer forum is slated in Hillsborough March 27

• Har Homa exposes Netanyahu’s flaws, says ex-minister

• Jews advocate sale of Mount Davidson cross property

• Educator tells rabbis: Value Hebrew schools

• North Bay Short

• Teenager’s plays tickling Jews

• Debate over Oslo Accords heats up during annual Israel Education Day

• San Francisco Shorts Parents, children meet in April workshops

• San Franciscans hold vigil for Island of Peace deaths

• MJCC marks 50th anniversary with musical revue

• News Analysis: Har Homa bulldozing already shaky peace process

• First-of-a-kind coupon book offering big deals for Jews

columns

• Shabbat Zachor: Gathering stragglers on the periphery

opinions & letters

• A call for restraint on Har Homa

• The lesson of Purim: As danger continues, the Jews must unite

• Purim allows us to unmask our secrets and heal pain