news & features

• Barak returns home with U.S. treats

• Behind-the-scenes peeks into Barak’s visit to D.C.

• Despite protests, Hadassah defends award to Hillary

• Israel may nix 50 years of ‘state of emergency’

• Most House Jews vote against religious liberty act

• Arab road deaths disproportionately high

• WORLD REPORT Norway dropping charges against Israeli

• Stalin’s grandson blames Jews for Russia’s problems

• Israel settlement confab fizzles out

• Report says Israeli environment teeters ‘on the edge of collapse’

• 900 years later, many Arabs see Israelis as Crusaders

• Religious-secular strife awaits Barak as he returns home

• Mideast Report

• River Choir auditioning singers for Chanukah

• S.F. Jews and Catholics discuss confession, connection

• S.F. woman sues cosmetics firm for religious, age bias

• Five Bay Area emigres receive HIAS scholarships

• Gun bill dedicated to slain president of AJCongress

• Za’atar adds Middle Eastern spice to Jewish music

• Speedy closure needed, Holocaust assets chief says here

• Son completes father’s dream for Beth Am expansion

• Rabbi beams new TV program to emigre professionals in S.F.

• Bulletin wins awards; editor is re-elected

• $5 million pledged to fortify battered Mt. Zion finances

• The Russians are coming—to the Walnut Creek library

• Dairy cowtows to kosher chocaholics

• Marin Chabad plans summer yeshiva courses

• JCRC advises school after preaching takes over assembly

• Barak asks U.S. Jewish groups to back peace

• Camp Swig off auction block but fund-raising is delayed

• Suspects in arson tied to 2nd hate group

columns

• How can Moses continue when his hopes are dashed?

opinions & letters

• Ask not what you can do—do it

• Jews must seek non-Jewish allies in fight against hate

• Barak obviously doesn’t understand American Jews

supplements

• Exercise at senior home helps build muscle and self-esteem

• My grandma taught meaning of tzedakah

• HMO comparisons on Medicare Web site

• It’s never too late for learning, 94-year-old graduate discovers

• Memoir writing: Become the hero of your own journey

• From trains to the Palace, Montefiore day trips take off

• Fun and conversation flow at CCJCC Respite Center

• Senior trips to Israel mix sights, community service

• Nutrition is critical at any age

• Elderly Russian Jews reconnect to heritage, assist other seniors