news & features

• Susan Katz, education activist, JCRC, AIPAC leader, dies at 67

• President puts weight of office behind fight against hate crimes

• House votes down school voucher plan

• Princeton basketball player scores spot on Israeli team

• S.F., L.A. wedding guests kvell over Israeli simcha—on the Net

• Indian tribe on eastern Long Island? Israeli transplants create documentary

• Swiss pay Latvians 1st checks

• `Seat’ believed to be Mary’s discovered near Bethlehem

• Rachel’s tomb reopens

• Kristallnacht remembered amid growing extremism in Germany

• Israel Museum asked to remove exhibit on Hitler’s Nazi mistress

• Israel’s top drummer is on a worldwide roll

• Mideast Report

• Hotline handles halachic abuses

• Israeli program builds bridge between religious and secular

• Former Nazi slave laborers lose bid for compensation

• World Report

• Likud Party axes primaries to pick Knesset candidates

• Yeltsin fires Jewish adviser in feud over economic issues

• Israel, Vatican sign pact on church property rights

• Israeli-run kosher restaurant goes upscale in old Prague

• Israel may release assassination report

• Rabin memorial rally held against setting of torn nation

• Young poet from Larkspur wins Israeli army contest

• East Bay Shorts:

• Mideast ecosystems under assault, activist says in S.F.

• Sound collage, shimmering light portray Kristallnacht

• Inner-city church facility gets aid from Jewish donors

• Sunnyvale artist’s T-shirts, collages inspired by the Torah

• College Israel activists explore outreach strategies

• Wayward career path leads rabbi to Alameda temple

• S.F. historians revel in war hero’s posthumous honor

• Ethiopian teens reveal sagas of black Jews in Israel

• World unity is achievable, say rabbi and primatologist in S.F.

• SF Shorts:

• Oral history project preserves local past

• U.S. removes Syria from list of drug traffickers Is Clinton taking subtle diplomatic steps to appeas

• Transcripts reveal motivation of S.F. Jewish leaders

columns

• Vayera: Sarah’s laughter echoes in our celebrations

opinions & letters

• Jewish leaders speak up

• Two years after assassination: Week wasted on hatred instead of reconciliation

• Two years after assassination: Soul-searching on the left could heal Israel’s wounds

supplements

• Planning a simcha? Organize in advance

• Bubbe makes match at ORT luncheon—with a doctor

• As the bat mitzvah approaches, a girl has questions

• Marin bat mitzvah racks up miles, money for tzedakah

• Software adds new dimension to b’nai mitzvah training

• Jews shape an ancient heritage into loaves served on holy days

• Smooth road to the chuppah with prenuptial troubleshooting

• Visiting grandmas at senior home, Harry meets Leslie in the hallway

• Book Review: Guide helps families explore meaning of holidays

• New mom grapples with intense emotions at son’s brit

• Russian mohels on a mission want a brit for all Jewish males

• Preserve the wedding traditions, but add a personal touch

• Book Review: From pizza to Web sites, `Kosher Companion’ delivers

• A thoughtful ditty can make any candlelighting witty

• Old-fashioned tzedakah gives wedding more meaning