news & features

• Longtime crusader for human rights dies

• Both brothers indicted in Sacramento arson attacks

• Women top men in adult Jewish study enrollment

• U.S briefs

• Israeli-Palestinian talks under way in D.C.

• Pondering significance, awaiting verdict in Holocaust denial trial

• SS veterans march, scare Latvia Jews

• Clinton-Assad summit sparks expectations for accord

• Fearful of chaos, some Russian Jews voting for Putin

• Palestinians cheer latest withdrawal from West Bank

• Shas Party’s spiritual leader slaps Purim curse on cabinet minister

• Pope enmeshed in politics during visit to Holy Land

• Israelis blast U.S. overtures to new Iran government

• World Report

• Austrian court deems ‘The Scythe’ not fit for trial

• Latvia will investigate accused Nazi now in Australia

• Mideast Report

• S.F. Purimpallooza brings out Chassidim, Tinkerbell and Wavy Gravy, but celebrity DJ is a no-show

• Russian emigres revisit their youth at Purim gathering

• German insurance firm blows off S.F. hearing

• Camp reunion set in Los Altos Hills

• Toy store romance tale to be told April 1

• Parents Place offers to help moms who ‘just don’t understand’

• David Biale: BRJCC guest

• East Bay cantor wants Reform Jews to hum a few bars

• Car donations not a smooth ride

• Rabbi will lead tour of Passover products

• Men’s retreat set at Mendocino ranch

• JVS, Pacific Bell help unemployed online

• At 10 years, Sephardi minyan hires first full-time rabbi

• Ex-Soviet prisoner seeks home for monument in S.F.

• Temple wins award for tackling sticky interfaith issues

• S.F. event crosses cultural bridge between Israel, U.S.

• Fire, anti-Semitic graffiti scar family-owned business

• Togetherness wins big at tryouts for Maccabi Games

• A home run for sports stars and for Chassidic melodies

• Gay marriage debate sends Reform rabbis into a tizzy

• $50 million facility to replace JCC in S.F. in 2003

• Landmark status urged: Demolition questioned

columns

• Come-as-you-are approach didn’t work at holy Temple

opinions & letters

• Let’s build a new JCC in San Francisco

• American Jews don’t understand dangers of spirituality

• Jews can embrace new ethics on same-gender marriage

• Earnest writer discovers all the world’s a column