news & features

• Myron Sosnick, kosher food distributor, dies at 74

• Limited dropouts for Birthright despite al-Aksa intifada

• Skinheads sentenced in Reno firebombing

• Federations weigh funding Israel’s Arab population

• U.S. Report

• Facing sex accusations, Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman quits

• Jewish wire agency announces new editor

• Clinton’s last diplomatic coup could be Mideast peace accord

• Jews, Latinos may overlap politically, but not historically

• Skokie becomes a dirty word again, after 22 years

• Rabin aide will appeal his two-year sentence

• Israeli Arab unrest prompts funding of coexistence projects

• For Israel, A Chai-Tech Success

• Yuval Rabin: Was his father too tough an act to follow?

• World AIDS Day inaugurates upgrade for 8 medical centers

• Jews ask pope to avoid meeting extremist politician

• World Report

• Restored makeshift synagogue draws many to Czech site

• Gun battles diminish chance of peace talks resuming

• Kashrut restrictions protect Israelis from ‘mad cow disease’ epidemic

• Russia ends pact not to arm Iran; fear looms for Israel

• Even empty, haunting German museum packs a punch

• Students’ Web home makes Europe one big mishpoche

• Israel travelers want others to follow their footsteps

• Torah scholars to lead three-day workshop

• Food columnist holds classes for Chanukah

• Doctor spearheads launch of free Jewish medical clinic

• Panel says neutral reporting nearly impossible in Mideast

• Demonstrators disrupt pro-Israel peace rally at SFSU

• Expressive face of Cuban Jews comes to life in photo exhibition

• Questions linger over cancellation of Netanyahu talks

• Jewish parents of special-needs kids rap, find support

• Silicon Valley’s influx of Jews boosts 20-year-old synagogue

• 90-year-old starts fund for staff at S.F. living facility

• Correction

• Roselyn ‘Cissie’ Swig tapped for U.S.-Israel commission

• Where do Hebrew words come from? Kids find out

• JCC’s plans for new building get another green light

• S.F.-based Web bank names head of its Israel office

• File Holocaust-era claims, read memoirs on the Web

• How would Bush deal with Mideast, other Jewish issues?

• Impassioned Israeli pleas call for dismantling settlements

• Visitors from JCF find hints of Jewish-Arab coexistence

columns

• To feel truly rich, cherish the life you have already

opinions & letters

• Showing solidarity with Israeli Jews

• Growing U.S. Muslim activism presents a dilemma

• Was Clinton Jews’ best friend, or was he just Mr. Evenhanded?

supplements

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• Can Jewish life thrive on the Internet?

• 50+ Top Jewish Web Sites The Jewish Internet is growing up, which is a mixed blessing.