news & features

• 26,000 Jews in N.Y. to celebrate finishing study of entire Talmud

• Seattle Orthodox rabbi finds friends in Christian Coalition

• Hallmark’s new card collection celebrates the Jewish holidays

• New Jersey rabbi is a suspect in the 1994 murder of his wife

• Astronaut hopes to celebrate High Holy Days aboard Mir

• Is Irving Moskowitz a hero or just a rogue?

• B’nai B’rith helping survivors recover looted artwork

• Billionaire starts fund for emigres

• Light a candle to stop domestic violence

• Senate grills nominee for Mideast post about Jerusalem

• Vandals desecrate Staten Island graves

• Demand grows for mass-market Rosh Hashanah cards

• 4 Orthodox groups join against pluralism

• Group finds itself fighting Jews for Holocaust claims

• Conversions in Israel remain unresolved

• Mail carriers win time off for holidays

• Israel’s president offers Rosh Hashanah reflections

• Yoga center offers new slant on Rosh Hashanah rites

• No pardon for Israeli charged with spying

• Netanyahu New Year message: Jews must be `united in purpose’

• Potlucks, surrogate kin mark expatriates’ High Holy Days

• Swiss banks, terror mark a dramatic year 5757

• Israeli jurists go to Qatar conference

• Israel pans for aliyah gold among former Soviet teens

• Chirac lays wreath at Buchenwald

• Two Israeli guards wounded in Jordan

• Berlin sees rise in hate

• Hebrew calendar actually contains four New Year’s

• Mideast Report

• World Report

• Israeli court OKs TV show on homosexual teenagers

• Palestinians say `no’ to compromise on Ras al-Amud

• Israel arrests dozens of terrorism suspects

• Barak reconsiders unity government

• How will the election affect Jews in Poland?

• New Peres Peace Center to examine economic issues

• News Analysis: Foreign Jewish, Arab tycoon and activists exerting influence on the peace process

• Flap over mikveh may lead to boycott of Israel hotels

• Memorial draws tears in small Polish town

• Israeli businessman admits lying about his abduction

• Four suicide bombers identified as West Bank residents

• Atheists sue to block cross sale, without Jewish support

• Brave little Jewish girls honored for legacy of courage

• If I had a hammer…I’d hammer in the sukkah

• After Alzheimer’s: finding joy and meaning in a simpler life

• S.F. student’s stint as `Voluntour’ exposes her to Israel’s injured

• ORT starts new year with new members: men

• East Bay Short Breast cancer awareness set for schools

• After suing Home Depot for slurs, Jewish man is fired

• Libyan recalls sweet quince, oppression amid holidays

• Temple Isaiah will broadcast Rosh Hashanah service on cable

• `Chief bottle-washer’ charting course for Sonoma day school

• South Bay Shorts Four Hebrew classes will start at ALSJCC

• East Bay begins yearlong bash with concert for Israel’s 50th

• North Bay Shorts MJCC aerobics offers dance, weight training

• Torah helps launch weekday services in downtown S.F.

• Another first in Berkeley: egalitarian Sephardic services

• First Orthodox Holy Day services slated in Santa Cruz

• `Survival strategies’ for parents on holidays

• Questions, self-reflection heighten Holy Day meaning

columns

• Nitzavim: On the power of a single word or action

opinions & letters

• Palestinians say `no’ to compromise on Ras al-Amud

• Humor: Mark trail so kids will come home for High Holy Days

• High Holy Days prod us to face mortality by living fully