news & features

• U.S. admits to melting gold of Nazi victims

• Rise of Christian school prayer troubles ADL attorney

• New biblical game show has a plan for the prophets

• Jews now flocking to foreign-service careers in U.S.

• Orthodox leader speaks out on Jewish unity, breaking long silence

• Ex-JNF director loses golden parachute for his retirement

• Orthodox defend stance on pluralism

• Kosher products booming; viewed as fresher, cleaner

• News Analysis: Decision on West Bank leaves questions, not answers

• Defense attorneys are invoking Jewish law in infant murder case

• Abba Eban questioning Israel’s diplomatic agenda

• Panel finds deeper Swiss-Nazi ties

• Addressing Reform confab lands Ne’eman in trouble

• Israel’s infancy—news dispatches from 50 years ago: Amid rioting, eruptions, groundwork laid for

• Australian Jews, Anglicans holding first official talks

• Farrakhan will be allowed to make visit to Israel

• Mideast Report

• World Report

• Court extends Sheinbein’s stay

• Jews call for `moral restitution’ at world confab on Nazi gold

• West Bank plan fails to spell out details for withdrawal

• Talks stall on compensation payments for survivors

• Trial for contractors in Maccabiah collapse

• Israeli call-in sex radio program nixed; threats are suspected

• Belarussians: `Stop Jude’

• Girls’ hoops league starts this month at the Marin JCC

• 17th annual Super Sunday comes home to JCC Feb. 1

• Controversy simmers over play about Jew turned Carmelite nun

• South Bay Shorts Fund-raising seminar scheduled for Sunday

• Israeli actor uses storytelling to resolve cultural conflict

• Bay Area Jews kick off yearlong party for Israel’s 50th

• Housing, community, justice lead agenda for a senior activist

• Jews-in-hiding, once best friends, reunite after 50 years

• Elders and day-school kids get twin lessons in outreach

• Challah-making at JCC helps chef earn credential

• News Analysis: Dilemma stems from chilled U.S.-Israel relations: American Jews split over Clinton pr

• 80% Bay Area intermarriage rate spurs major 3-year study

columns

• Vayetze: Stop and let life fill you with unexpected joy

opinions & letters

• How to stave off intermarriage

• Arafat’s quiverings should have the West trembling

• U.S. blundered twice in misreading Saddam’s signs

supplements

• Chanukah Gift Guide