news & features

• WZO election becomes tool for forum on pluralism

• News Analysis: Ross under Palestinian fire as peace process staggers

• Freed Torahs signal hope for exodus of Jewish texts

• Israel supporting plan to share U.S. aid with Jordan

• Final charges in scam probe

• Washington diplomat stays; Israel sends Gold to U.N.

• Ashkenazi breast-cancer gene now seems as less of risk

• Ralph Reed’s new political role may boost his power, influence

• British knew of Holocaust from beginning, data shows

• Some Jewish officials warn Swiss are backtracking on paying Holocaust debts

• Violence against Israel flares anew in south Lebanon

• Mideast Report

• Arab collaborators who assisted Israel feel neglected

• World Report

• Bethlehem mayor resigns

• Israel lodging protest to U.N. over murders of land dealers

• Barak wins weekend TV debate for Labor leadership

• Israeli gun retailers attack European ban on exports

• Argentine court may close unsolved probe of attack

• Israel raps U.S. report on vacancies

• Emanu-El’s new role model: `lesbian, woman, Jew, rabbi’

• East Bay Short Singles club plans oceanview hike

• One mitzvah leads to another as Sinai’s kids record a CD

• Rabbis join 500 at Presidio rally calling for housing the homeless

• Ex-JCRC leader elected president of Bulletin’s board

• Teenage chess queen heads for world championship

• Jewish activist to head international interfaith group

• South Bay Shorts HFLA’s teenage contingent to mount celebration in San Jose

• North Bay Short MJCC to dedicate a Holocaust Torah from Czech Republic

• Koret honorees get $2.7 million in grants at S.F. luncheon

• Israel taking a step ahead, two steps back, journalist says

• Israel’s May 25 birthday sparks new reflection on Herzl’s dream

• San Francisco Shorts Eight local rabbis ask `Am I a Jew or am I Jewish?’ in upcoming series

• Jews warn of welfare reform: `It’s worse than before’

• Songs, s’mores mark new-moon event at Stern Grove

• Report urges JCF overhaul endowment’s structure

• Torah scribe leans on 3,300-year history

columns

• Behar: Let us treasure our opportunities for rest

opinions & letters

• Where is the public’s outrage?

• Jewish women at risk of cancer face insurance bias

• A Lag B’Omer legacy: Judaism heading for tragedy

supplements

• As the doorknob turns: Who is the kitchen burglar?

• Treatments, cures on market for `sick house’ syndrome

• Couple brings `Judaism alive’ by enriching home with Judaica

• Iron pan rescued from Germany earns its place of honor

• How to transform the kitchen into a user-friendly environment

• Old three-stick candelabra invokes precious memories