news & features

• Leaders of Jewish movements agree to promote Shabbat joys

• Furor over pigskin treatment of burn victims simmers in N.Y.

• Congress heats up as battlefield over school prayer amendment

• Reform leaders rebut rumors of a boycott

• Grandmother of alleged Amir accomplice blasts left

• Albright warns: Give `red light’ to terror

• MK claims Arafat knew of World Trade Center bomb

• Did Swiss, Spanish, others purchase looted Nazi gold?

• Fla. butcher admits guilt in trying to bomb Peres

• Real-estate investors banking on Israeli demand for office space

• German journal to honor Goldhagen, author of `Hitler’s Willing Executioners’

• Swiss bank guard gets protection amid death threats

• Israel is flying supplies for Rwandan aid

• Ex-American starts new career teaching success seminars in Israel

• Mideast Report

• Israel stocks bullish in U.S.

• World Report

• Russian lawmakers urging a ban on returning art looted from Jews

• News Analysis: Israeli-Palestinian blame game - Stakes rise after cafe bombing

• Israeli police say they stopped more Palestinian terror attacks

• Ethiopian immigrants struggling for a foothold in Israel

• Israelis suddenly discover the fun of vacation homes

• Court OKs mosque at Temple Mount

• Israeli wants to bring Chagall’s house home

• East Bay multimedia executive builds ties with Israel and Jordan

• Creation of `interest offices’ steps up Israel, Yemen ties

• Ex-San Franciscan advises new Israelis on buying real estate

• Fear and loathing at forum between Germans, Jews

• Terror familiar to those wounded

• Spielberg grant helps kids discover and share heritage

• Sharp words spur Jews to get out vote in SFSU election

• Financial adviser refines the art of charitable giving

• S.F. high-school chavurah is now `the cool thing to do’

• JFCS, Catholic Charities visit Israel and take look at welfare

• Black, Jewish teen actors to rap on race in Spielberg-funded play

• Benicia man’s genealogical voyage yields global results

• South Bay Shorts

• Jewish meditation confab bringing top leaders to S.F.

• Secret of happiness to be revealed soon

• Petaluma Hadassah hits 50, strives to recruit youth

• North Bay Shorts

• Izzy and Noah go head-to-head in Palo Alto bagel war

• San Francisco Shorts U. of Judaism to honor 2 educators at S.F. brunch

• Area Jews visit Guatemala to forge ties with refugees

• Tiny rabbinical group under fire for disavowing non-Orthodox

• Federation shifting $1 million from UJA

• News Analysis: Can a U.S. diplomat save peace efforts in Mideast?

columns

• Tsav: The Torah is designed for those missing the mark

opinions & letters

• Presto, now you are no longer Jewish

• Is Arafat heading to peace or toward an exile in Tunis?

• Are top actors in Mideast drama playing for peace?

supplements

• Fledgling high-tech entrepreneurs striving for success

• S.F. investment specialist will share financial know-how

• Camp Guide