news & features

• Israel to return $50 million in U.S. aid to help Jordan

• Israel balks at paying U.N. $1.7 million in damages

• Supreme Court will hear plea in battle over AIPAC

• House support for Jerusalem spurs international ire

• Chassidic rabbis implicated in Colombian drug trade

• Hope for new Jewish unity blossoms in Windy City

• U.S. appeals court rejects lawsuit by circumcision foes

• Ethiopian immigration to Israel may speed up again

• Georgia students sneak `Nazi’ references into magazine

• Sale of bonds touted as only way for Israel to grow

• Rabbinate’s offices in Jerusalem may become theme park

• Dan Meridor quits as finance minister

• Report tying Peron to Nazis going public after battle

• Bar-On case ends as court rejects appeal to indict premier

• Jews of Hong Kong taking transition of power in stride

• Mideast Report

• World Report

• Religious outspend secular in charity

• Archaeological parks contain ship hulls

• Anti-Semitism in former USSR harder to spot but still growing

• Head of Swiss financial probe linked with bank under scrutiny

• Japanese Hebrew chorus sees Jews as chosen people

• Israel newsman in S.F. says his country should offer Palestinians financial aid

• Multimedia artist creates computer midrash

• Damage to peace not `irreversible,’ experts say in S.F.

• Three from Bay Area installed in Cantors Assembly

• East Timor Nobel laureate, in S.F., speaks out for Jews

• Rock, folk and shofar to resound at Marin music fest

• San Mateo day school recruits South African as new director

• Once again, El Al to launch flights from S.F. to Israel

• No July 4 Paper

• Compromise in offing over non-Orthodox conversions

• 3-pronged legal assault forces JEC into receivership

• It’s rocks and gasoline bombs again, instead of peace talks

columns

• Behaalotkha: Do converts have full status of born Jews?

opinions & letters

• When a charity isn’t being charitable

• Memories make possible flickers of hope for Jerusalem

• Strong bonds between Israel and diaspora are crucial