news & features

• Insurance payout delays leave Shoah heirs in the dark

• Camp David revisited: Envoy refutes latest versions

• Jews cautiously take positions on the issue of cloning

• Report: Hate crimes against Jews on rise in California

• U.S. Report

• Family, friends of N.J. woman mourn loss of ‘beautiful’ person

• Decade after Crown Heights riots, Jews, blacks have mixed feelings

• Jews, blacks seek common ground for anti-racism confab

• Jewish names all the latest rage

• Under fire, Sharon lets Peres do all the talking

• Jewish Berliners remember the Wall that divided them

• World Report

• Orient House takeover sparks Arab ire and an Israeli debate

• State Department reissues advisory against Israel travel

• Palestinian media: IDF uses pistol-toting naked women

• Mideast Report

• E. Bay mission to Israel ends with jolt from nearby bombing

• Rattled by blast, Wexner fellows taste slice of Israeli life

• Jews hope Bush will expand limited stem cell support

• New South Bay Jewish high names top administrators

• A must-have for Israel: major research facility

• Shul’s warm, welcoming attitude attracts new rabbi

• Ben-Gurion U. proposes plan for Calif. energy woes

• New Chabad and its young rabbi settle into San Jose

• Beth Ami enters ‘Schlesinger era’ with new rabbi

• Jewish portals: The good, the great and the mediocre

• When rabbis wed, home chores and sermons are up for grabs

• Get-tough plan elicits both cheers and jeers for Sharon

columns

• On seeing with our eyes, hands and minds open wide

opinions & letters

• Why aren’t world leaders praising Israel?

• Arafat, not just bomber, responsible for Sbarro

• Why must all Palestinians pay for Islamic Jihad’s terror?