news & features

• Swimmer who spurned Nazis dies at age 77

• Singer Mel Torme dies

• Anne Frank ranks as Time hero but is Hitler ‘most influential’?

• Ohio rabbi receives probation in bingo scheme

• Blacks, Jews join to re-enact 1960s ‘freedom rides’

• U.S., Israel try to aid Iran Jews charged with spying

• Las Vegas gambles on mobster lawyer

• Shakeup at top of Shoah Foundation as leader leaves

• If and when Hillary runs, she’ll need Jewish votes

• Court briefs reveal wrinkles in 2 brothers’ reparations saga

• Lawyers in Swiss bank case requesting $25 million

• Barak still considering Shas Party in coalition

• U.S. Senate warns Boris Yeltsin to fight anti-Semitism

• Return of Nazi-looted art opens way to more claims

• U.S.-based law firm expanding to Israel

• California native’s camp offers kids a refuge from war

• Slow rate of Ethiopian immigration upsets advocates

• World Report

• Jerusalem mayor runs for Likud’s leadership

• Do wanted men hold top Palestinian jobs?

• Jewish legislator heads South Africa opposition party

• Palestinian leaders warn of an ‘explosion’

• Mideast Report

• South Bay celebrates Israel independence in the sun

• Correction

• Professor to speak on current world affairs

• Rabbi Martin Weiner named vice president of CCAR

• JCF to recognize leadership of two South Bay volunteers

• Aquarian Minyan celebrates 25 years of ‘soaring spirituality’

• Ex-Ethiopian official recalls a stressful Jewish life there

• Aquarian anniversary features meditation, storytelling, dance

• JCF hires allocations director, chief operating officer

• New Sherith Israel rabbi returns home to his mentor

• Vallejo synagogue plans food bazaar

• Hebrew U. reverses plans to shut branch office here

• Suit charges Jewish collusion in Mt. Davidson cross sale

• Mazon head to broaden focus as new director of Koret

• Sonoma potluck for young adults

• JCF allots $100,000 for Israeli pluralism

• Israeli-style ‘mixed marriages’ on upswing

columns

• Out of the blue: Why fringes lost a heavenly hue

opinions & letters

• Applauding the JCF’s pluralism stance

• Despite progress, Auschwitz still in shadow of the cross

• Kevorkian’s ‘final solution’ pulsates with the macabre

supplements

• Communal gift fund eases stress of 21 b’nai mitzvah

• Book explores experiences at the mikvah

• Study: Favored clamp of mohelim is better

• Israel Bonds offered for b’nai mitzvah

• Long-lost soldier returns to marry his Hadassah girl

• Book delivers Jewish superstition on conception, pregnancy and birth

• Kosher pizza, Disneyland open eyes of b’nai mitzvah

• Study confirms that wine drops soothe boys during circumcision

• Israeli leader jumbles up bride’s day

• Couple weds on land, sea in one eventful afternoon

• Poised boy-cantor upstages tense bar mitzvah celebrant

• Carsickness keeps kid away from mouth-watering spread

• Making wedding toasts personal, sensitive and creative

• Planning a bachelor party? Ask groom what he wants

• Mamet bar mitzvah tale offers simple wisdom

• At ceremony for newborn twins, mom’s tears meld joy and grief

• 3 brothers’ growth spurts create a last-minute rush

• Touchy-feely male bonding rite cannot replace a bar mitzvah

• Ancient customs give weddings uniquely Jewish character, tie couple to community

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