news & features

• Andrew Pavlovsky, law student, dies at 30

• Morris Zlot, synagogue pioneer and Vallejo politician, dies at 92

• Calif. to examine unpaid insurance claims on pre-WWII policies of Holocaust victims

• Netanyahu finds lukewarm reception at U.S. confab

• Labor’s Barak vows to vote down Orthodox bills

• Pluralism crisis permeates talk at CJF convention

• From quotas to Jewish center, Dartmouth college has changed

• Sephardic contest open

• California treasurer rethinking sanctions against Swiss banks

• Move afoot to collect claims on WWII-era insurance policies

• Requests for gas masks up five-fold in Israel

• Swiss claim Israelis plotted to kidnap an Onassis heir

• Congress passes foreign aid bill; $3 billion to Israel

• Anti-Semitic Canadian column ruled OK

• Global Web site to serve as a Holocaust registry

• Mideast Report

• Netanyahu ends travel abroad as tensions stir in Israel

• Germany votes to halt payments to war criminals

• Declassified assassination report raises new questions

• Israel makes agreements, receives criticism at summit

• World Rreport

• U.S. Orthodox court to hear Pollard’s case

• Tel Aviv mayor reveals plan to displace the prime minister

• 1st Swiss checks to Latvians

• Jews `beat themselves up’ too much, stress expert says

• Jews, blacks mix rhythms in Berkeley

• Dennis Ross flies home to Bay Area to honor mom

• Paintbrushes in hand, Emanu-El volunteers restore shelter

• Grassroots ties bolster peace talks, Mideast envoy says

• Day schools look at the future of paying for special education

• North Bay Shorts

• Santa Rosa fridge-magnet company keeps Yiddish cool

• SF Shorts

• Fremont rabbi, congregation celebrating `chai’ times

• Hundreds of Jews, Palestinians get taste of unity here

• Candid S.F. leaders recall controversies

columns

• Hayei Sarah: On getting self-interest out of the way

opinions & letters

• Terrorism, a too-common enemy

• Will Israel celebrate 50th without diaspora at party?

• Jewish stability abroad weakens political pull in U.S.