news & features

• Champion of synagogue renewal loses leukemia battle

• As Bush seeks diverse cabinet, Jews left out of mix

• Cantor denies charges of running a Windy City prostitution house

• Don’t pay your temple dues and get sued, at least in N.J.

• Poll shows Palestinians gain in U.S. public opinion

• FDR’s great-grandson studies for Reconstructionist rabbinate

• O.U.‘s handling of sex abuse scandal draws scrutiny

• Eizenstat worries over restitution effort

• Clarification

• U.S. Report

• Jews unfazed by Arab-American’s cabinet selection

• Rabbi suspected of killing spouse still awaits his New Jersey trial

• New Zealand school regrets thesis denying the Shoah

• 85% of Israelis want stronger ties with diaspora Jews

• Israel’s right-wing readies for a fight against peace deal

• ‘Floating’ Lubavitcher escapes death in Moscow mikvah

• Israel to ask for more aid

• World Report

• Hungary’s Jews get official recognition as a community

• Can Clinton pull off peace accord before leaving office?

• Mideast Report

• Reno shul attacked again on New Year’s Day

• Marin Nazi hunter vows fight to end to indict doctor

• MJCC offers kids yoga, dance classes

• Borovichi Jews get a boost from Bay Area visitors

• Inspired by teen’s saga, temple holds marrow drive

• Young adults to meet at Swig

• SJSU panel addresses media’s treatment of minorities

• S.F. cantor inspires Gilo congregation

• JCC of S.F. wins city OK, plans more fund-raising

• SFSU student may face charges over threats to Jews

• Private art show

• Library books take on new life in SFSU reading room

• Mah Jongg game day at Peninsula Sinai

• Hundreds drawn to Chanukah fest at Union Square

• San Jose boy wins top prize in HIAS poster contest

• Deaf Jews forming bonds through multiple Web sites

• Correction

• Wounded by war, writer tells story

• Where rabbis go to get stress relief

• Can Israelis relinquish Jerusalem holy sites?

columns

• Piercing our self-rectitude to judge ourselves honestly

opinions & letters

• George W. Bush’s Judenrein cabinet

• Omission

• Feminist turned frum reveals she’s never felt more free

• Pollard’s saga perpetuated by foolish friends, malevolent foes