news & features

• Twersky, Chassidic rebbe and Harvard scholar, dies

• Ex-president of Temple Sinai recalled as `kind, gentle’

• Warren Sussman, `gentle, powerful leader,’ dies at 62

• Mel Segal, former Beth Sholom president, dies at 69

• U.S. Jews are angered by Malaysia remarks

• Kirk Douglas views Torah as `greatest screenplay ever’

• Yale students’ lawsuit divides Orthodox community

• Feinstein expanding assault weapon focus

• Sukkah mobile makes a hit at World Series

• Israel opts to extradite teen but legal battle may ensue

• Swiss bank sanctions criticized

• Conversion deception blamed on Netanyahu

• Papon’s claims of aiding Jews during WW II anger survivors

• Peres Center for Peace opens as talks crawl forward

• Flash floods claim 11 lives in Israel during Sukkot

• Latvia again to probe Nazi link

• Mideast Report

• Netanyahu’s remark spurs new brouhaha

• Mothers protest for Lebanon pullout

• World Report

• Proposal to cancel primaries irks Likud

• Canadian group tests legality of Holocaust denier’s Web site

• Israeli feminist, 70, accepts Conservative movement post

• Ambassador warns Netanyahu of conversion bill rift

• Dropped rape case may damage Israel-Egypt relations

• School preserves Russian tongue, culture for emigres

• S.F. kosher-style deli extends contest

• Temple dedicates sukkah with s’mores, songs, camp-out

• Schindler attacks extremism, boosts Israel in S.F. talk

• The maximum mitzvah—families to blanket Marin

• ALSJCC series to focus on Jewish life

• Economic consul seeks stronger Silicon Valley-Israel ties

• Chamber music concerts scheduled at Marin JCC

• Films on ventriloquism, mikvah to premiere in South Bay series

• Jews, blacks still feel like victims, former Times reporter says in S.F.

• High tuition throttling day schools across U.S.

• Writers from around globe to converge in Bay Area

columns

• Bereisheet: Beginninga quest for the divine

opinions & letters

• Day schools deserve stable funding

• Dad ponders Oct. 31 dilemma: Halloween vs. Shabbat

• Are the `Yale Four’ representing U.S. Orthodox Jewry?

supplements

• In first person… Grandma’s party pose aped by Einstein, precocious monkey

• In first person… 6-year-old’s constant questions about God keep all on their toes

• In first person… Stories from old country keep Jewish youth in touch with past

• In first person… Grandson’s bedtime tale is about plumbing dilemma

• In first person… Only in America: Grandma gets citizenship at age 92

• Senior exercise coach helps peers increase flexibility

• In first person… Barney teaches a Hebrew song

• Anti-aging experts ask: Will human lifespan reach 120?

• 92-year-old Berkeley woman proves independence is ageless

• In first person… Grandparents overcome distance by sharing smiles via computer

• `It’s your move,’ seniors are told at a Marin housing forum

• Senior songbird proves talent and spirit can last a lifetime

• In first person… Zayde recalls life in Poland