news & features

• Bea Stadtler, Shoah writer, Jewish educator, dies at 79

• Poet Rajzal Zychlinsky, dies at 90, wrote in Yiddish

• CCJCC kindergarten teacher Bobbi Swedelson dies

• Hiroki Sugihara, son of ‘Japanese Schindler,’ dies at 64

• Mountains of paper clips grow in hills of Tennessee

• U.S. Report

• Camping fellowships infuse Judaism into summer fun

• Zuckerman to Israel: CNN is ‘insignificant’

• Will Sharon be indicted for Sabra, Shatila war crimes?

• Israel’s Russian emigres trail in breast cancer checks

• Maccabiah Games will go on—with fewer athletes

• Israeli women warned: Smoking triggers heart disease

• Violence makes ‘cease-fire’ something of a misnomer

• Survivors say slave labor payments don’t go far enough

• Israeli researchers explore secrets of natural remedies

• Balkan religious heads urge harmony

• Israeli health advocate kills himself

• Mideast Report

• Magnes will unveil two new installations

• ‘Peter Panstein’ won’t be going to camp, but his creator will be

• Family crisis forces Israel Center director to leave S.F.

• Bay Area-trained team challenges anti-Semitism in Russian town

• A hub for 40 years, kosher Grand Bakery reaches out

• Historic ‘76 Entebbe raid remembered on the Web

• Passion for aiding the elderly guides doc at Jewish Home

• JCF presents annual awards for service, leadership

• El Al expands S.F. service through deal with Delta

• Hope keeps Israeli peacemaker going

• ‘Queerific’ S.F. in ‘Jewbilation’ over Israeli diva’s visit

• Arafat has no control, says UCLA prof in Redwood City

• Rainforests will replace ancient Israel for BJE teens

• Beth Ami losing rabbi, a religious community ‘pillar’

• Elected as a hawk, Sharon now championing restraint

• S.F. rabbi to head Reform movement’s CCAR

• Got ritual? Reform to introduce converts to tradition

columns

• Jealousy digs its own pit, says this week’s parashah

opinions & letters

• Giving California a voice in Jewish policy

• Overworked do-good phrase is making writer meshugginah

• Israeli officials should restrain their treasonous rhetoric

• Top-court decision fuels efforts to ‘Christianize’ kids

supplements

• Mixed messages about food throw teens into a tizzy

• Ask the rabbi Are genetically modified foods kosher?

• Screening, information can prevent genetic diseases

• Better davening through yoga? An L.A. teacher says yes

• Skip fad diets and look to Sephardim for healthy eating