news & features

• Cancer kills Virginia Congressman

• Bubbe’s traditions live at seder

• Campaign finance reform won’t hurt Jews, experts say

• U.S. report: Arafat is absolved

• U.S. Report

• Mingling with apples are charoset memories

• Keeping kids attentive during seder takes a little wit

• Chametz in Viagra: Popular drug raises the frustration for Passover

• It takes courage to face unknown, but the Jews do it time and again

• Acting seminary head may assume full post

• IBM suit dropped to speed restitution

• Palestinian ceremony splits British rabbis

• IDF soldiers remain motivated 6 months into al-Aksa intifada

• Swedish goulash and sofas whet Israeli appetites at Netanya Ikea

• Israelis to Muscovites: Plan Holy Land pilgrimages now

• Film documents Jews, Catholics under fascism

• Why do we seek God’s wrath?

• More information on Jewish vegetarianism

• Singles look for fun, or love, in Budapest

• Moroccan seders blend cuisines of East and West

• World Report

• Filmmaker focuses camera on Jewish-Arab coexistence

• Palestinian radio reports Israeli mother killed baby

• Plagues and eggs: holidays for two

• From Silicon Valley to Wadi, Intel invests

• Jewish vegetarians seek meatless seders

• Ex-Mossad agent, in S.F., sees no quick fix for Israel’s woes

• Cal State junior stays in Israel

• Cyberlinks: Get ready for Passover by reading up on the Web

• UC Theatre’s closing leaves Jewish Film Festival in limbo

• Where’s the beef? Fire, disease create shortage of kosher brisket for Pesach

• Minyan fuses tradition, soul for experimental davening

• Interpreters for deaf bring seder to life

• Teen’s wish for autonomy on Shabbat causes tension

• McDonald’s books in S.F. dishes up nuggets of history

• Cal State reverses itself, plans to reinstate Israel program

• 400 honor survivors and rescuers at the start of an S.F. exhibition

• Women of Chabad plan to honor community leader at dinner

• Pesach cleaning requires an 884-page reference book

• Green movement is slowly sprouting, Israeli says here

• Interfaith marriages can be tricky for grandparents, panel decides

• Q & A with Palestinian irks some local Jews

• Violence forces Israelis to take rare stand—unity

columns

• Even a king can take joy in performing menial work

opinions & letters

• A feast of remembering and recommitment

• Freedom requires discipline, the Haggadah reminds us

• Why do Jews ask questions at seder and elsewhere?