news & features

• Actor Walter Matthau turned grouchiness into art form

• Joseph Mlotek, Yiddish educator and writer, dies at 81

• Solidarity rallies support ‘Iran 10,’ cry out for reversal of the verdict

• Vandals again attack Reform movement’s campus in Jerusalem

• Israeli police asked to probe treatment of mail-order brides

• Bill to defer Orthodox from military spurs outcry

• 1978 talks offer hope for encore MITCHELL DANOW Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• The major question: How will Jerusalem be divided?

• Summit Report Gazans hoard food, fearing Israeli war

• Local Jewish leaders sign pro-peace ad

• World Report

• Final borders, fate of settlements on negotiating table

• Israeli court upholds conviction of Shas leader

• Israeli rightists, leftists protest Arab digs on Temple Mount

• Weizman’s public life ends under a cloud

• Majority of Israelis for Barak

• Barak puts fate of peace in hands of Israeli people

• New Polish foreign minister saved Jews from Holocaust

• China sale cancellation relieves Israel lobby

• Mideast Report

• WWII coverage is topic of new class

• Israeli guards admit transgressions

• Israeli expatriates create new social network in Marin

• Interfaith effort takes aim at violence, promotes peace

• Bay Area plaintiffs back in limbo with Holocaust insurance suit

• Federation head joins philanthropic trust

• Pursuit of war insurers will go on after Quackenbush

• Film fest conference to open here

• Emanu-El is 1st synagogue to get USF Medallion award

• JFCS helps local emigres make better sense of census

• Stamp collectors start S. Bay chapter

• Hillel appoints veteran leader to U.C. Berkeley post

• Got support? Palo Alto’s new place for parents can help

• Two thumbs up? Israel, Arab film festivals join hands

• Chochmat training a generation of meditation teachers

• Catholics, Jews plan discussion of sex

• Attend a Jewish wedding and meet the couples online

• Batch of firsts mark 20th year

• Favorite memories run cinema gamut

• Clinton has little to lose, compared to Barak, Arafat

columns

• What the rabbis had to say about objects and artifacts

opinions & letters

• Jewish films with a difference

• A new ‘Guide to the Perplexed’

• It’s time for Barak to rally supporters

• Camp David outcome will make or break Israel chief

supplements

• Older adults reading their way to longer, more interesting lives

• Seniors need to heed nutrition and exercise

• Stimulating travel transforms perception of life

• Don’t assume the inevitability of joint pain as one gets older

• JFCS seeks volunteers for seniors

• Leisure Leaguers live it up with trips, parties, friendship