news & features

• Golda Kaufman, S.F. humanitarian and activist, dies at 91

• Farrakhan’s latest Million March draws criticism, again

• Son of Jewish Democrats revels in role as Bush’s key spokesman

• U.S.Report

• Israelis hastily flock to refresh gas masks

• Walling-off Palestinians opposed

• Agreement reached in Egypt, but it’s frail

• Success for Technion students depends on their homelands

• IDF erects barrier to shield Gilo

• Students in Russia to learn Judaism on their computers

• Santa Clara firm plans acquisitions, mergers in Israel

• Hezbollah kidnapping: Sources keeping quiet, no leaks

• Travel to Israel declines amid tension

• Netanyahu on video here shares insights into Mideast

• Sukkot, Simchat Torah are days to celebrate ongoing cycle of life

• Violence in Israel could affect U.S. presidential race

• Dialogue sessions crop up to avoid conflict in U.S. cities

• Italians apologize for airing IDF murders

• Desecration of holy sites could prove most fateful acts

• As Napster faces the music, Israeli high-tech firms seek to avoid copyright woes

• For now, Israelis quit bickering, but still differ on peace

• Harsh rhetoric confronts Jews at campus anti-Israel rallies

• Violence, arson attacks in U.S. raise concerns of Jewish communities

• Protesting Jews in S.F. decry Israel’s ‘aggressive tactics’

• Sadness permeates a condolence call to reservist’s home

• World Report

• Learning to make Torah study a regular family routine

• Do the Palestinians follow Arafat’s lead, or vice versa?

• Rabbi’s grave to be saved from trampling of trolley cars

• 2 Jewish groups to fight domestic violence in Russia

• Syrian Jewish immigrants get closer to U.S. citizenship

• Wave of anti-Jewish attacks plagues cities worldwide

• Our God and God of the Generations

• Thousands mobilize for Israel at rallies across continent

• Report: Israel ‘captures’ 6 lynchers

• Or Shalom students get a full serving of ‘Hunger 101’

• Seniors logging on, loving it at CCJCC computer lab

• Kids get their own corner in East Bay’s yearly book fest

• Services scheduled for victims of Flying Doctors air tragedy

• Mitzvah mission to Mexico ends tragically for volunteers

• Koret funds available to synagogues

• Hebrew Union College celebrates 125th

• Survivors memories live on in new library collection

• Mystery surrounds disappearance of ‘Jewish Princess’ in Sausalito

• JCF info service offers yahrzeit assistance

• ‘Talmud and Internet’ connects ancient with modern

• Group aims to strengthen bridge between U.S. and Israel

• Note under door chides Jewish studies program

• JCI&R offers yahrzeit help

• Koret offers more aid to synagogues

• Internet guides us through Sukkot and Simchat Torah

• Is cease-fire real? Not on the streets

• Noontime crowd hungers for peace, solidarity with Israel

columns

• Let us all experience rebirth as Torah cycle begins anew

opinions & letters

• Cease-fire seems too tenuous

• Huts for Sukkot blossom in the Holy Land despite violence

• ‘Blame the media’ is truth-denying game

• Bad reporting casts Israel as the Goliath

supplements

• Local author ‘shticks’ it to no-good lenders, politicos

• Controversy ensnarls plan to keep mall open on Shabbat

• Silicon Valley journeys to Silicon Wadi for conference

• Jewish ‘Giving Wisely’ a philanthropy dot-com