news & features

• School display of Ten Commandments draws fire

• Appeals court OKs time off for workers observing Sabbath

• Hebrew Free Loan tailors funds for simchas, grads, medical needs

• Barak reaches out to Likud…again, in coalition-building

• Jewish groups blast slave reparations plan

• Clinton signs order keeping U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv

• Arab-Israel peace bug overshadows Y2K

• 3Com plans to invest in Israeli start-ups

• Clinton rejects Yeltsin proposal on religious freedom law

• WORLD REPORT

• 4 Hamas members convicted of murder and conspiracy

• Ex-Arab premier candidate shot at protest

• ‘Forgotten’ in Ethiopia, Kwara Jews make aliyah

• Yugoslav Jews ask: Should we go home?

• MIDEAST REPORT

• What to expect from tying the knot

• Life’s a feast for spirited young fellowship winner

• Peninsula activist gets JCF Dinkelspiel prize

• Winemaking congregants say kiddush over homemade red

• 50-year dime store strives to serve Jewish clientele

• Setting dial on Torah, radio buff pursues Jewish talk

• ‘Tribal Tales’ uses stories to connect past and present

• Holocaust heirs may sue in California

• Bay Area couple helps Kosovar family escape the war

• California probes 4 firms for unpaid claims

• Ramah offers yeshiva under the sun for college kids

• Funds, information sought following Sacramento fires

• Synagogue fires draw thousands to unity gathering

• Sacramento Jews overcome by grief and pride

• No July 2 paper

• White hate group strongly suspected in synagogue fires

• Local reaction mirrors unity, caution of capital

columns

• Did Moses strike the rock from blinding anger or grief?

opinions & letters

• Tolerance museum not the answer

• Ten problems with posting the ‘Ten Commandments’

• Are shul arsons work of cranks or sign of terror wave?

supplements

• Making sure low-income women are well-suited for job interviews

• 3 Bay Area Judaica businesses thrive under guidance of women

• Networking group for baby boomer women is a hit

• Jewish women’s network builds friendships, business

• Working moms feel the tug of home

• Women in Business Listings