news & features

• Jewish editor, historian dies at age 77

• 10 U.S. senators send stern letter to Clinton over embassy in Israel

• Poland government is praised for removing Auschwitz crosses

• First trial date set for Holocaust compensation claim

• Reparations case pits two brothers at opposite corners

• Will revival of Demjanjuk case reopen old wounds?

• Jewish political conservatism—a tradition or a trend?

• Report: Syria’s leader is being hospitalized

• Barak vacillating amid coalition talks

• Ex-Egyptian Jew won’t swallow losing family property to Coke

• Ex-navy chief kills self after Dakar found

• British rabbi: Millennium should be Christian party

• Have soldiers gone AWOL?

• Jews from 39 countries meet to form European entity

• Bronfman offers Israel fund-raising tips

• Abdullah, Arafat meet in Gaza, press peace

• World Report

• Israel Navy unlikely to retrieve wreckage of sunken sub Dakar

• Netanyahu admits secret talks were held with Syria

• South Africa’s Jews optimistic about new president

• Israeli police declaring war on pirate radio stations

• Berlin museum seeks artifacts of German Jewish life

• IDF wary of Palestinians’ plans for ‘Day of Anger’

• Shas Party’s growing power linked to schools for poor

• Beatles coming to Israel 35 years after rejection

• Mideast Report

• Temple Sinai earns social-action award

• Swastika targets Palo Alto school official

• Senior artistry draws rave reviews at Calistoga exhibit

• Synagogue honored for its Mitzvah Day

• BRJCC opening East Bay’s first public Jewish library

• Beth Jacob screens four films

• Parents Place offers classes for summer

• B’nai Emunah elects board of directors

• Arts visit to Stanford set for Wednesday

• Jewish National Fund reverses plan to shut S.F. office

• Carmel Jewish fair needs crafts people

• New Holocaust Center head will tap business acumen

• Expressive art therapy will be offered in S.F.

• New Israel Fund to present controversial Israeli film

• Pop-diva-turned-Chassid to appear in Mountain View

• University of S.F.‘s new institute will promote interfaith dialogue

• San Francisco State says ‘lo’ to third year of Hebrew

• Community worker develops headpiece for Jewish women

• Will Israel follow SLA withdrawal by removing its troops?

• Lebanese on border afraid of pullout

• Local rabbis say new Reform ‘Principles’ have no impact

columns

• A desire for more ‘things’ will not make us content

opinions & letters

• U.S. Embassy belongs in Jerusalem

• Outreach has helped heal interfaith couples’ wounds

• Let’s shatter the taboos on marrying non-Jewish men