news & features

• Iran Jews speak out for first time

• Disney response on Jerusalem exhibit calms Arabs

• ADL settles with Arabs, others to wrap up 6-year lawsuit

• As 2000 nears, Christian backing of Israel intensifies

• 5-year-old wounded at JCC returns home

• B’nai Brith Canada to embarrass country

• Minnesota museum uses sukkot to symbolize housing shortage

• Levy emphasizes peace obstacles in lengthy N.Y. visit

• U.S. Customs seizes painting in Nazi-era ownership dispute

• Judge asked for secret Pollard memo, says ex-U.S. aide

• Albright says Iranians pledging not to execute 13 jailed Jews

• Kidnapping of Jews on rise in Caucasus

• Palestinian ‘safe passage’ might be delayed

• Far-right Freedom Party expects big gains in Austria’s elections

• Israel plans to monitor Islamic Movement

• World Report

• Weizman nominated for Nobel Prize, papers report

• Jordan’s king puts his foot down on Hamas activity

• Israeli government allowing West Bank settlements to grow

• Shas brouhaha could sabotage relations in coalition

• Ukraine fears brain drain but lets youths visit Israel

• Mideast Report

• Info Fairs focus on teen volunteerism

• Aptos class looks at Jewish holidays

• Correction

• Marriage seminar begins on Monday at JFCS in Berkeley

• Palestinian youth will dance at Hillel

• Odyssey leads a former nun into art and, later, to Judaism

• South Peninsula school snaps its financial shackles

• Series to show Jewish films from around the world

• Resource can help with simchas and more

• North Bay Jewish film series set to begin Thursday

• Shotgun threatens Russian shul aided by S.F. group

• Israeli sculptor’s enigmatic ‘Spirit’ adds imagination to Marin showcase home

• JVS begins BEST training this month

• 145-pound Jewish guy enters the football pantheon

• Jewish ethics to be topic of discussion

• A call for Jews to aid literacy begins in San Francisco

• Benefit helps area writer who suffered stroke

• Mideast watchers debate peace tactics, nuclear policy

• California treasurer says talks progressing over reparations

• Bio-ethics confab slated

• Jewish advocates slam board over Mount Zion demise

• Jews upset with Bush for Buchanan overture

columns

• Shemini Atzeret: 8th day or distinctive celebration?

opinions & letters

• A holiday our children shouldn’t miss

• Disney debacle helps Arabs delegitimize eternal capital

• City’s centrality to 3 faiths must not be undermined

supplements

• Soulmate search turning stressful? Author offers help

• Bay Area SJF searches relentlessly for a SJM

• Was lassoing partner on the lone prairie a wise move?

• Calling all Jewish mothers: Let me be your guinea pig