news & features

• Irving Bernstein, a key player in building the UJA, dies at 76

• NYC girl’s Chanukah wish works

• Jewish widow may lead Guyana

• Autism study needs Ashkenazi families

• Tom Lantos’ Nazi reference spurs spat in Washington

• Lawsuit contends Bible course indoctrinates students

• Palm Springs retreat for women and teens

• Kids of intermarriage get caught in crossfire of divorce

• Clinton defends his refusal to meet with Netanyahu

• Second Cabinet member visits Pollard; media come, too

• Corporate group ranks Tel Aviv as top quality city in the Mideast

• Israeli company develops chip for compression of digital video

• Dutch to use looted gold to aid its Shoah survivors

• Russia pardons alleged Hitler kin

• Mideast Report

• Neal Sher appointed to war-crimes panel

• War crimes suspect ejected a second time

• Netanyahu stops paper after story on his wife

• Latvia will halt distribution of anti-Semitic textbook

• World Report

• Some Russians still accuse Jews of `ritual murder’ in czar’s death

• `Virtual Zionist Congress’ gets real at Jerusalem session

• News Analysis: Uninhibited Israeli media make first lady a hot topic

• Hungarian Jews welcome end of `spiritual Holocaust’

• Citing safety concerns, Farrakhan leaves Israel quickly

• `The Jackal’ blames Jews for his alleged terror attacks

• Don’t ignore Iran weapons threats, defense expert says

• Congregant gets the last laugh when pizza recipe wins contest

• What goes on behind the glass door at Sunday school

• Tzedakah permeates chiropractor’s novel

• Observant singles to mix and match at Berkeley shul

• East Bay Short Grassroots groups in East Bay creating community Shabbat

• Jewish S.F. death-penalty foe wins award

• Shoah, aging, prayer: topics of lectures

• Ballplayers `kashering’ the pigskin

• Bay Area joins Jewish drive to promote child literacy

• Chanukiah lightings slated across Bay Area

• North Bay Shorts Book talks and signings

• JCF says it `does not fund Israel government’

• Jewish day school kids shielded from Yule—during class hours

• JCF petition seeks backing for pluralism fight in Israel

• No Dec. 26 paper

columns

• Vayeshev: Heading home, renewing old relationships

opinions & letters

• Seasonal identity disorder

• December heralds annual Jewish conniption-fit season

• Make this a season of light and hope for the homeless

supplements

• Chanukah Gift Guide