news & features

• Advanced kashrut seminars draw international crowd

• N.Y. helping U.S. claimants get funds from Swiss accounts

• National Chabad telethon boasts star-studded guest list

• Rabin reportedly would have given up the entire Golan

• Arab-American lobby group urges Days Inn boycott

• Wiesenthal Center asks Swiss to freeze Nazi accounts

• At last, gay and lesbian synagogue hires a rabbi

• Vilna Gaon commemoration sparks debate among Jews

• Hot topics simmer at worldwide Zionist centennial

• New Kazakhstan Jewish Center revitalizes ex-USSR community

• Conviction of Israeli Druze does more damage to Egypt relations

• Swiss asked to increase funding

• Aussie blasts anti-Semitism

• Albright makes private visit to towns of Czech forebears

• 700 urns of ashes found at Buchenwald—and buried

• Bombing toll rises to 15

• Mideast Report

• Israelis `showing profound shock’over the death of Princess Diana

• Russian tycoon wages war of words with government

• Commission probes death of soldiers in Lebanon fire

• Hadassah gets OK to use colon cancer blood test

• JNF motorcyclists to roar across Israel, Egypt, Jordan

• Photo press corps in Israel accused of over-aggressiveness

• Israel’s motorcycle mamas beating men in competition

• Reform nursery school gutted in Jerusalem; called hate crime

• Czech Holocaust survivors dubious about compensation

• Germany declares an intention to re-establish its ties with Iran

• Albright’s arrival in Mideast next week seen as crucial

• Eilat passengers to land in Jordan

• Don’t call God `He,’ insists Kabbalah author, teacher

• El Al purser who won partner benefits to speak in S.F.

• Principal, Shir Hadash founder Tom Baer dies at 49

• Gallery showcases Israeli art

• Alumnus to fill in for absent Berkeley Hillel director

• Melton School teaches adults Jewish Living

• Parents joining teens on Israel trips tout the benefits

• New Stanford Hillel head plans major outreach effort

• S.F. human services panel scoops up ice cream maven

• At 88, consumer-affairs advocate still changing world

• Kosher hits mainstream

• Swiss bank accounts list is available

• Riding chai Jews on motorcycles speed past stereotypes

• Attention shoppers—kosher food on Aisle 9

• Triple blast rocks Ben Yehuda mall killing at least six

columns

opinions & letters

• Let’s not take JTA for granted

• We must not discard the precious legacy of Zionism

• Leaders at Basel set aside differences to vote for our future

supplements

• In first person… Spry, dancing 89-year-old proves you’re never too old

• In first person… Dad finds `Brooklyn’ hot dog in a parking lot

• Shabbat lunch, entertainment keep seniors connected

• In first person… When you grow older, you get to eat your dessert first

• In first person… Fort Lauderdale incident: `Chai, my friends, chai’

• In first person… Imagine that! Jewish man teaches a priest how to pray

• Melabev program aids Alzheimer’s patients, caregivers

• In first person… Be happy, smile, live and let live

• Married over a grocery store, couple to mark 75 years

• In first person… Nearing 80,enjoying our honeymoon

• From digging to dancing—Elderhostel’s twist on travel

• In first person… How do I define myself?A refugee, Jew, American

• In first person… Jewish man caught off guard by something `emiss’ in sign

• After retirement, rabbis redefine their identity, discover freedom