news & features

• Rabbis say Ventura went too far with religion slam

• Two sides in slave-labor dispute stay billions apart

• Bradley makes first, but subtle, appeal to Jewish voters

• High court sidesteps church-state rulings

• Dismantling of settlements will test Barak

• 16 die in Israeli bus crash

• Estate of Austrian rightist leader belonged to Jews before Nazi era

• Palestinian group dropped from U.S. list of terrorists

• Europe’s Jews demand role in restitution talks

• Canada Jew’s influential novel reissued

• World Report

• Austrian leaders downplay far right’s election victory

• 26 Concerned Christians kept from entering Israel

• Greek Jews angered by request not to hold services in synagogue

• Mideast Report

• Omission

• Shir Hadash service to focus on violence

• Forum seeks student response to campus hate crimes

• Ex-skinhead brings battle against racism to Bay Area

• Barak will sign final-status deal, professor says in S.F.

• Grief support group for widowed seniors

• Ex-Soviet sees declining anti-Semitism, rising racism

• Myth of Jewish teen may get debunked

• Class will focus on Jewish jazz greats

• Novelists at S.F. conference discuss ‘writing Jewish’

• YAD offering Dining Club in Marin

• Silicon Valley Hillel gets permanent San Jose home

• Commonwealth Club honors Richard Goldman

• Teens to honor top leaders

• Israeli group Sheva to perform for peace in S.F. concert

• Red-faced Menlo Park backtracks on history book

• Palestinian teenagers bring bittersweet dance and politics to Berkeley Hillel

• Rodef Sholom rabbi will teach S.F. study session on Tuesdays

• Rabbi, physician call for spiritual Rx here

• Memoir is not biography, writers tell audience in S.F.

• Reform conference in S.F. probes Jewish view on end-of-life issues

• Teens toss M&M’s, cross-cultural views at Club 18

• Carl Reiner yaks it up about his ‘mostly happy’ tales

• Many converts face an uphill battle

• Why did Castro let 400 Cuban Jews emigrate to Israel?

columns

• What does it take to live in partnership with God?

opinions & letters

• Adios to Cuba and shalom to Israel

• Quit kvetching! If you’ll take notice, life is just kvell

• A matter of taste—Birthright ads are hard to swallow

supplements

• Condominium owners get freedom along with restrictions

• Organization is the key to a successful, smooth move

• Making the decision whether to renovate or relocate

• There’s help when disputes arise between neighbors

• Indoor pollution can be minimized by providing adequate ventilation

• The mysterious world of escrow marks the last step of the home-buying maze , and glitches do happen

• Mezuzot remind Jews inside that home is a Jewish dwelling