news & features

• Alexander Schindler, longtime Reform leader, dies…

• Holder of slain spouse’s torch, peace advocate Leah Rabin dies

• Debra Plotkin, Toronto film fest founder, dies at 45

• Jews and blacks band together in Florida

• Sacramento-area synagogue arsons linked to a ‘lone wolf’

• Clinton asks Congress for more aid to Israel

• Concern for beleaguered Israel dominates Chicago G.A.

• South Florida seniors fuming over depiction in the media

• ‘Unstable’ Chechen hijacker ends search for ‘intelligence’

• Israel official charges CNN not objective

• Kristallnacht: Signs still remain amid graffiti-free walls

• Russian Jews unite to build synagogue

• Austria set for Shoah memorial

• Pressure on Barak intensifies as violence heats up

• Germans solemnize Kristallnacht at rally

• Unconfirmed reports: Abducted trio dead

• Choirs to raise voices against pogroms at Nazi rally site

• Loophole may hold key for Gore voters in Israel

• S. Africa says it harbors no pro-Palestinian bias

• Fla. absentee voter in Italy learns lesson

• Series of classes will examine rituals surrounding death

• S.F. federation organizes two-pronged mission to Israel

• S.F. Planning Commission OKs new JCC; supes to hear appeal Monday

• Startling phone call leads to first novel

• 75-year-old Piedmonter picks up pen, publishes poems

• Israelis, in S.F., say Barak fails to comprehend Arafat’s motives

• JCF cinches deal for purchase of two adjacent buildings

• Torah study reveals harsh views on death penalty

• Beth El synagogue EIR clears major hurdle in Berkeley

• Correction

• Humanistic rabbi coming here with tips on staying sane

• ‘Local boy’ makes good—S.F. cantor lauded for 25 years

• Web feast can satisfy kosher vegetarians

• Mah jongg unites people of all ages, places in Bay Area

• Embattled Israel may be pushed into war

columns

• Abraham’s sacrifice demonstrates the profundity of our covenant

opinions & letters

• Alexander Schindler’s ideas leave a mark

• The Lebanon pullout connection: Can we learn from it?

• Love turkeys, don’t eat them: It’s a mitzvah to cry ‘fowl’

supplements

• After early retirement, teaching career begins

• Dad was a WWII POW

• Songs , aromas of Shabbat draw in Tenderloin seniors

• Tai chi takes a kinder, gentler approach to fitness

• Home-repair scams: Be on alert for them

• About in first person…

• Israel and books ignite an interest in Judaism

• Grandma hands Torah to her granddaughters

• Brandeis Women give kids gifts of memories, literacy

• 60ish emigre defies odds, picks up career

• Older drivers face diminished vision

• Artist feeds her brain with writing, tai chi

• Protecting grandkids