news & features

• Morrie Camhi, noted Petaluma photographer, dies at 71

• Tiny Ukraine city gets largest-ever shul

• Avoid spicy foods at pre-fast dinners

• Italian Jews protest attempt to ally with French anti-Semites

• American Jews return to their global activism over the past year

• Chilean youth fights to halt Nazi meeting

• Online teaching tool designed to enhance Russian Jewish life

• 5759 spawned the bizarre mix of a Jewish wrestler and talkative lover

• American preacher devotes self to prophesied heifers for Israel

• Proselytizing by Baptists during High Holy Days described as ‘arrogant’

• Jewish lobbyists take aim at stricter gun control laws

• Israel runs into trouble in pantyhose industry

• Jewish groups say WWII pope falls far short of sainthood

• ‘The Dybbuk’ will air on radio

• Are touchdowns in Ronald Lauder’s future?

• Dive, rappel, cycle, plunge, snuba, soak, hike in Israel

• Weizman set to be released from hospital

• Israeli professor: Camel milk can help prevent African famine

• Wye and Sharm accords—what’s the difference?

• Religious party exits government

• Sheinbein officially acknowledges murder

• Israeli army might quit censoring

• IDF plans haredi unit by August

• Pope plans historic visit to Mount Sinai

• Israeli Supreme Court bans physical force during interrogations

• 14th-century Italian Jewish cemetery restored

• ‘Kosher Sex,’ Hussein’s death and Polish crosses captured headlines in 5759

• Biblical times come to life in Gallilee town

• Extremists win seats in Germany

• Survey: South African Jews divide their identities

• Ezer Weizman message seeks to inspire children in New Year and future

• Israel Radio will air non-Orthodox ads

• With Barak’s election, was 5759 a major turning point?

• Israel’s new ambassador to U.N.: Let go of the past

• Descendants of WWII survivors, perpetrators meet

• Sharon wins big in Likud vote

• New terror attacks revive fears about Israeli Arabs

• This is no fish tale: Gefilte tastes tell story of ancestry

• Wedding deaths lead to Palestinian crackdown on guns

• Zichron Ya’akov offers breathtaking views, history lesson

• World Report

• Clinton: Let’s speak out against hate

• An in-flight synagogue: new perk for El Al passengers?

• Israeli Arab arrested in slaying of young Haifa couple

• Mideast Report

• Zionist metaphors outdated, Israeli academic says in S.F.

• Beyond apples in honey: Teaching repentance to kids

• Jewish singles dance party set in S.F.

• Las Vegas excursion planned by CCJCC

• Mideast peace treaties lack teeth, U.S. Arab says here

• San Jose State University delays sorority rush for High Holy Days

• S.F. rabbi going to Slovakia

• Holy Day overflow means bigger halls, double services

• Channel 2 honors NCJW for drama

• Restitution is meeting topic for survivors

• Group available to survivors’ kin

• Berkeley museum curator still in a N.Y. frame of mind

• Arab and Jew to discuss Israeli community center

• Ex-area peace activist spreads vision following Mideast stint

• Local teens bond with peers at Jewish camp in Kiev

• Mystery parcel give Chabad House a scare

• Judaism ranks sins from major to minor

• Oakland writer explores meaning of ‘Generation J’

• Adult classes to start Oct. 5

• New Reconstructionist machzor draws high praise

• Jews and Native Americans will share rituals under sukkah

• Persian poet’s works to be presented

• Holy Day sermons respond to hate crimes, concerns about Jewish identity, community

• Will peace succeed in 5760 despite its enemies?

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• Before Y2K, we must face a greater Day of Judgment

• Jews today must reinterpret ancient Holy Day messages