news & features

• Moves afoot in D.C. to cut Palestinian aid

• Christian Coalition kicks off national school prayer campaign

• Powell sorry for summit on Pesach

• Wiesenthal Center aiming for Jerusalem

• Religious-secular clashes halted, street closed for worship hours

• New Arad appeal on his 39th birthday

• Jewish groups split on response of Swiss to U.S. wartime report

• Spoon-bender may seek a Knesset seat

• From a bomb shelter, Jerusalem was a simpler place

• Parties disagree on results of Egyptian-Israeli summit

• Jews in France alarmed by National Front’s success

• Leader of Jerusalem battle still hopes for city’s peace

• Berlin Jewish elections stir controversy over identity

• Peace dawns after Shabbat in war-torn Zaire capital

• Palestinian Authority accused of torture

• SS officer calls Italy massacre tiny `detail’

• Volunteers who brought Jews to Palestine look back

• News Analysis: Palestinian Authority allegedly awash in corruption, misdeeds

• Knesset scrutinizes flag-burning reports

• For now, Bronfman replaces Wiesel on fund

• Jewish growth eases in capital, while Arab rate rises

• Controversial conversion bill may reach Knesset vote in June

• Netanyahu takes positive view over election of Iran moderate

• Settlers start phone lines to aid Palestinian targets

• Award winner to launch garden for Arab, Jewish kids

• Russian-American Fair salutes immigrant contributions to U.S.

• Rabbis clear up myths during visits to Catholic schools

• Ex-Farrakhan aide urges violence in S.F. State speech

• East Bay Shorts Conservative women plan conference

• Buried Jewish literary gems waiting to be discovered

• Israel festival brings 2,500 to park, including a few Herzl wannabes

• Israel Bonds’ Siminow retires after 18 eventful years

• JCRC takes stand on Jerusalem status and peace talks

• `Temple Bombing’ author calls rise of hate groups exaggerated

• South Bay Shorts New Ladino culture and discussion group to meet at ALSJCC

• Rose gardens, rituals enrich Shalom home

• With an online course, students can journey to ancient Jerusalem

• North Bay Short George Carlin set at MJCC

• Chill this summer at Lehrhaus

• Do you want to raise a mensch? Psychology researcher tells how

• Rabbis’ board chooses officers

• San Francisco Shorts JFCS offers support for grieving and loss

• Goldman gives $1 million for SFSU Jewish studies

• Six-Day War memories: 30 years later, revisionists ask how war began

• Bay Area vets recall battles to save Israel

columns

• Behukkotai: Paying heed to warnings in the Torah

opinions & letters

• Goldman Chair: A coup for S.F. State

• Education is antidote for venom at SFSU

• Nation of Islam’s key official foments rancor and rage