news & features

• Judith Chapman, 3-decade Jewish leader, dies at 59

• How aid to Israel got caught in legislative Catch-22

• Planned export of Israeli assault weapons draws fire

• Noah’s kosher status changes made public

• Calif. legislators rap Malaysian leader’s anti-Semitic remarks

• Specter of empty chairs haunts Hebrew schools on Halloween

• Chicago federation issues challenge on day-school funds

• News Analysis: Prayer amendment facing an uphill battle

• Swiss banks release another 14,000 account names

• Ethnicity line axed from Russian passports

• Slovenia rededicates shul after 500 years

• Breakfast buffet on beach sets new record for Israel

• Tel Aviv stock mart mirroring Wall St.

• Russia denies it’s helping Iran build missiles to aim at Israel

• Former Soviet Union emigration still up

• Russia may aid Libya with nuclear centers

• Thoroughfare in Hebron reopens

• Mideast Report

• World Report

• IDF absolved of blame in deaths of naval commandos in Lebanon

• Pollard says Mossad agents got better deal

• News Analysis: Knesset’s messy opening signals long winter for prime minister

• Pre-emptive strikes on missiles may be needed, defense chief says

• Playing with rocket caused death of soldier, Israel says

• Survey: 27% of religious teens support assassination of Rabin

• Swiss firms block access to records of Nazi-era slave labor

• Hungary’s ambassador to Canada resigns in Nazi flap

• Germany investigates army in anti-Semitism probe

• Anti-Semitism forum at Vatican bars Jews

• Rabbis, therapists to ease Jewish angst at local confab

• CBS correspondent headlining 8th annual Jewish book festival

• East Bay Shorts

• Simcha fair takes the headaches out of party planning

• San Jose-area Jews dedicate Shoah wall

• Melodic march inaugurates Sha’ar Zahav’s new synagogue

• Abused Jewish wives afraid to come forth, panel says

• Rabbi will speak on Kabbalah

• South Bay Shorts

• North Bay Shorts

• Latest guide to local Jewish life published

• Marin panelists say no to breast cancer genetic testing

• Eclectic array of Jewish scholars offers insights on learning Torah

• San Francisco Shorts

• Superfund helps local school open doors

• News Analysis: `There’s been a change in the Orthodox camp’ Showdown for pluralism on hold—for th

columns

• Noah: Does the flood story have a message for adults?

opinions & letters

• Stop Iran’s missile buildup

• Breast cancer amplifies awareness of spirit, friendship

• Israel, diaspora unity withering as Jewish state turns 50