news & features

• Disabled writer whose life inspired film bio dies at 52

• Italian Jewish architect, anti-fascist activist, dies at 81

• New book details MLK Jr.‘s relationships with Jews

• Reform rabbis to decide in March whether to sanction gay weddings

• Two rabbis launch new Orthodox seminary in NYC

• U.S. Report

• Ex-Antioch resident becomes head of the Peace Corps

• Israeli rabbis ban Internet use

• Lantos presses Syria on MIAs

• Multilateral talks will resume

• European Jews’ new chief ends strife with World Jewish Congress

• Temple-area digging irks archaeologists

• British Jews protest visit by Iranian cabinet minister

• World Report

• Barak upbeat as he breaks silence on negotiations

• Fireworks start trial pitting Holocaust scholar, denier

• Israel weather report: Let it rain, let it snow

• New leader of German Jewry reaches out to Russian emigres

• Mideast Report

• MJCC to celebrate Black History Month

• Genesis inspires newest show by composer of ‘Godspell,’ ‘Rags’

• Emanu-El meets its congregants more than halfway

• Children of survivors to meet

• Peninsula pub poster links anti-smoking law to Nazism

• Post-divorce classes at JFCS in Belmont

• Yiddisher cowboy: ‘I’m not the stereotype’

• New CCJCC director feels energized by his environment

• S.F. forum on ‘Jewish unity’ strives for more inclusiveness

• Tu B’Shevat music festival slated for Sonoma County

• Jews, others dispute self-proclaimed arsonist’s story

• Jewish geography, history classes begin

• E. Bay writer teaching classes at CCJCC

• Survivor to tell story at book dinner in S.F.

• Mah jongg tourney slated for February

• Mt. Zion doctors donate funds to Jewish agencies

• Dressing for success and saying motzi for 22 years

• Brandeis Hillel’s first reunion serves memories, margaritas

• How will Israeli premier handle opposition to Syrian peace deal?

• ADL buys offensive Web names to curb hate

• Shedding light on life in the D.P. camps

columns

• How often are we asleep to the sufferings of others?

opinions & letters

• Libel trial an affront to humanity

• New study debunks 52 percent intermarriage rate

supplements

• Grandma’s teddies bear spiritual message

• A Bronx child’s wish for Hitler, the ‘meshuginnah’

• Handling retirement requires adjustments

• Hands-on JFCS volunteers ease seniors’ day-to-day chores

• Childhood memories lead to prof’s book

• Don’t ignore 8 symptoms

• Senior care agencies offer more services

• Lessons often last a lifetime, leading to wisdom, seniors say