news & features

• London columnist who wrote about cancer dies at 47

• Ribbon campaign launched to free kidnapped Israelis

• Mideast observers impatient for Bush’s policy outline

• Edah agenda: Modern Orthodoxy is not an oxymoron

• Survivor’s daughter devotes life to descendants of Shoah

• Lieberman and ADL clash over Nation of Islam—again

• U.S. Report

• O.U. implements limited steps to end sex harassment fracas

• Quake damages shul,school, artist’s studio

• Hamas, Hezbollah join list of 21 Britain says engage in terrorism

• New government depends on Sharon-Peres chemistry

• Buckling to Kremlin pressure, media magnate resigns

• End near for Canadian Web hate trial

• Moldova’s elderly Jews helped to restore communism

• World Report

• Not all Israeli Arabs cheer Druze minister

• Croatia’s census forces Jews to confront identity crisis

• Amid the madness of Carnival, a bit of Yiddishkeit, but barely

• Shas emerges as a big winner as Sharon solidifies his Cabinet

• Despite violence, budget may be Sharon’s real first test

• Strike strands air travelers in Israel

• Conservative shuls getting by without national ties

• Jews and Arabs share genes, Stanford research scientist says

• Spiritual leader brings love of music to Vallejo shul

• S.F.-based JFCS to present awards to five members of the community

• BJE announces ‘Dear Hero’ winners

• Benefit concert

• Nine Bay Area community leaders awarded trips to Israel

• Purim Report

• Show time

• Berkeley ball

• Brentwood decides how to respond to hate crimes

• Stanford’s Jewish studies program plans conference on Yiddish writer

• Artist to celebrate 80th birthday Sunday

• Writing can heal the soul, says Holocaust memoir teacher

• ‘Do-Ahead Seder’ classes planned

• The story of Purim, sans Esther

• Correction

• ‘Jerusalem Haggadah’ to go on display at Marin JCC

• Single Jewish chick seeking same finds it—at S.F. shul

• Public affairs council’s site gives action alerts, analyses

• Brandeis Hillel plans massive expansion of its S.F. campus

• New anti-intermarriage coalition formed

columns

• True humility balances self-worth with modesty

opinions & letters

• In-marriage task force is welcome news

• Real story of Purim not pleasant when you’re a woman

• Without the possibility of Israel, Judaism is pointless

supplements

• Housing market for seniors expands as lifestyles change

• Developing an exercise routine improves health and outlook

• Retiring? Calculate income, expenses

• Benefit of laughter in old age is no joke, writer says

• Super sunset years require planning

• Jewish groups offer chance to fund-raise and volunteer

• Montefiore Follies keep seniors humming and tapping

• Nursing homes house one out of every four seniors over age 85

• Treat charitable giving as part of your financial plan

• Aaron Copland student entices audiences at S.F. Home