news & features

• Man accused of war crimes

• AJCommittee to focus on Muslim relations

• Jewish groups divided on Gore’s ‘charitable choice’

• Florida court rules on graduation prayer

• Jewish families in L.A. welcome Kosovar refugees

• Bill halts Social Security payments to Nazis

• Tougher hate-crimes legislation faces uncertain future

• After Barak win, AIPAC reverses opposition to a Palestinian state

• King Abdullah plants tree for father via JNF

• Ad hoc coalition calls for NATO ground troops

• U.S. trying again to revoke Demjanjuk’s citizenship

• Santa Cruz woman trying to recover Auschwitz art

• Jewish leaders welcome Germany’s new president

• South Lebanon Army considers withdrawal

• Likud expects to join Barak’s coalition government

• Conservative Jews pelted at Western Wall service

• Tycoons with Jewish roots accused of ‘puppeteering’ Russian leaders of ‘puppeteering’ Russian leader

• Barak faces his toughest task: bridging religious-secular divide

• Familiar faces, record number of women win Knesset seats

• World Report

• Affluence, attitude make Israeli kids grow up too fast

• More Kosovo refugees arrive in Jewish state

• Germany war-crimes trial ends with light sentence

• Abdullah, Arafat meet in Gaza to ponder peace talks

• Berlin nixed help before Kurd attack on consulate

• Israel lite—breweries want drinkers to ‘hops’ aboard

• Jerusalem quadruplets join six other siblings

• Beer’s humble beginnings can be traced to Mideast

• Mideast Report

• Unholy cow! Moses and calf turn up for Shavuot in Vallejo

• Golda Meir’s great-niece to tell fond family tales in S.F.

• Jews and Christianity

• ALSJCC’s Russian fair to honor poet Pushkin

• Shelter receives Shavuot bounty

• Sen. Joseph Lieberman to air U.S. moral issues here

• Director’s legacy: 23 years of U.S.-Israel friendship

• Berkeley course will take Torah study a step further

• In Littleton aftermath, ADL focuses on Internet and kids

• Rabbi blasts mayor’s proposal to fine panhandlers

• Thousands of ‘friends’ celebrate Jewish state, community at festival

• Bulletin reporter to recap Albanian trip

• Renewal’s founder wants ‘elder corps’ to build peace

• Israeli scholars to discuss Torah

• Gay Orthodox rabbi outs self

• Reform rabbis vote to adopt traditional practices

columns

• Seeing beyond the obvious enriches the study of Torah

opinions & letters

• Reform ‘principles’—a chance for reflection

• U.S. must let Barak decide pace of final-status talks

• New ‘Star Wars’ film underscores values of Judaism

supplements

• Oldest Auschwitz survivor defies odds, living to tell her story

• Centers provide free services to needy Russian Jews

• Visit to Alzheimer’s patient triggers reflections on family

• Senior women writers’ group becomes vibrant sisterhood

• Medical ombudsman seeks to humanize care

• Jewish centers offer safety net for elderly in ex-USSR

• It’s a blessing to help aging parents, East Bay activist says

• Love, intimacy and sex during the golden years