news & features

• Paul Matzger, Emanu-El past president, dies at 61

• Karl Rawicz, artist, playwright and mentor, dies at 70

• Leaders feel Clinton scapegoated Jews in his handling of Rich affair

• YMCA’s pro-Palestinian report is blasted by Jews and local Ys

• ADL urges Bush to blacklist Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam

• State Dept. examines Israelis’ weapon use

• U.S. Report

• Candidate for U.N. post is untested in Middle East

• Sharon waits as Barak leaves Labor leaderless

• U.S. reports cite Russia as too lax in efforts to reduce anti-Semitism

• After Allied air strikes on Iraq, Israelis get in line for gas masks

• Survivors’ memoirs collected, preserved

• Conservative women rabbis recall triumphs, challenges

• Workers start installing bulletproof windows in Gilo

• World Report

• In the realm of Israeli law firms, it’s merger-mania time

• British Jews laud anti-terror law but Muslims call it Islamophobic

• U.S. leaders contemplate push for Israeli national unity

• Israeli-Palestinian center fights for its funding and its survival

• Stanford professor’s new book sheds some light on the inner Jew

• Stem-cell research is imperative, rabbi-professor says

• Solano Jews seek to revive traditional burial society

• Mideast group hosts dialogue to confront painful scars

• 1,500 to mark Havdallah in Oakland Hills

• Temple Beth Sholom to honor Cantor Linda Hirschhorn for 13 years’ service

• $100,000 grant helps Chabad of S.F. get headmaster

• 16th music fest to feature cabaret, chamber, folk

• Emigre community sings praises of Armenian soprano

• ‘Walk tall as Jews,’ U.K. leader says here

• Tehiyah school fund-raisers floored by $1 million gift

• Docents are needed for Holocaust exhibit

• Approval of Beth El building drags on—step by step

• Top Jewish educators to be honored

• Israeli bank opens Silicon Valley branch in San Jose

• S.F. symposium to examine Holocaust’s future in art

• New novelist vies with Bellow, Roth for Koret prize

• Listen to Al Jolson’s music—or peruse film archives online

• Terezin performer relives the show that gave her hope

• Israel dilemma: Bankrupt or boost Palestinians

columns

• Offering Shabbat hospitality more important than prayer

opinions & letters

• Who’s to blame in the Marc Rich imbroglio?

• A name can convey a lot; is it what we want to say?

• What Israeli response would be acceptable to U.S. and Europe?

• Want to counteract terrorism? Get tough on terrorists!