news & features

• Bookseller and first recipient of an HFLA student loan dies

• U.S.-Palestinian aid expected to persist even if law lapses

• Hate crime bill fails in 3rd round

• U.S. waiting for U.N. fight to gain full Israel standing

• Brennan: An unparalleled religious liberty champion

• Balanced-budget agreement returns benefits to some

• Anti-fascist writer attacked in Moscow

• Belgium to follow trail of money looted from Jews

• Israeli army brass attack slashes in military spending

• Geniuses flourishing in Israel’s Open University program

• Swiss skinheads pen anti-Semitic album

• Netanyahu backing off bill blocking Golan deal

• Anxious heirs scan Swiss lists for `what to do next’

• Vermont college bolsters Israeli education by degrees

• Mideast Report

• World Report

• Swiss guard granted U.S. status for actions

• Israeli team points to finding tumors without surgery

• Israelis and Palestinians finding rough road on `Sesame Street’

• Canada bank said to launder Nazi gold for Portugal

• Arafat guards sentenced to death

• Buried pig bones raise questions

• Politicians fighting direct election law

• Israeli Arab may be in line for supreme court

• U.S. judge to decide future of JEC’s school building

• Lawyer-author sees prayer as tool to strengthen mind

• Holocaust writer tells parents: Teach the joys of Judaism

• East Bay Short Contra Costa JCC schedules overnight trip to see Reno show

• Officials repent for setting Oakland fest on Yom Kippur

• Temple Beth Jacob’s new cantor got his `calling’ at the age of 10

• Dollmaker fashions rich tapestry of Jewish women

• Diversity, the Net among topics at CAJE confab here

• Interfaith teen confab features intense talk, little sleep

• National magazine pays tribute to three local families

• Kids’ eye view of Judaism: Vashti shopped at K-Mart

• Supplemental funds from JCF will aid JCCs and emigres

• Families found roots of Jewish connections in 20-year chavurah

• JEC controller indicted in unrelated pyramid scheme

• Chronology of bombings since 1993 Oslo Accords

• Did suicide bombs kill peace plan too?

• Israel goes from hope to grief

columns

• Mattot-Mase: Letting laws of God guide our speech

opinions & letters

• Halting peace talks won’t stop terror

• Swiss neutrality has now been exposed in all its shame

• Fear and loathing in Hollywood: Brad Pitt plays Tibetan Nazi-lite

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• College counselor calls character most important grade

• New Jewish software aims for a home run

• Book Review: Survivor’s Kindertransport story offers soft-focus view of parting

• Junior year in college is no picnic, says mom

• Teacher offers tips for calming jittery preschoolers and parents