news & features

• Oldest North American immigrant to Israel dies at 105

• 3 years after fire, NYC Central Synagogue to reopen

• Brazilians ignorant of Holocaust

• UCLA’s Jewish studies center wins $500,000 challenge grant

• High Holy Days services set at Travis air base

• Despite violence, young Orthodox still flock to yeshiva

• Tough U.S. anti-terror policy could impact Israel

• Jews in Czech Republic may get back seized land

• Durban declaration to be felt long after delegates leave

• Sbarro reopening ceremony draws Katsav, N.J., politician

• Despite Netanya attack, Cabinet balks at ‘buffer zone’

• U.S. Jews visiting Israel worry about folks back home

• In one year, Israel was transformed from brink of peace to verge of war

• Argentine bomb trial to begin

• Jews fight Quebec initiative

• Yad Vashem building home for growing memorabilia

• In ruins of Yugoslavia, young Jews link up across borders

• Some visitors to Israel finding mikvah immersion provides purification for holidays

• Nahariya bomb also a blow to Israeli Jew-Arab relations

• New center, shul to reflect Jewish rebirth in Munich

• Americans use Internet to vent anti-Arab, anti-Israel sentiments

• Forget the joke about cold cuts visit tasty Bologna

• UJC cancels its New York solidarity rally for Israel

• Dads not yet redundant, study shows

• Campers plant seeds, cultivate friendships amid intifada

• An El Al female first: Pilot takes to the sky

• Italian team with racist fans polishes image, boosts harmony

• Implications for Israel lie under rubble

• ‘Terrorism afflicted us indiscriminately’ in trying year

• British Columbia area lures funky collection of Jews

• Terezin survivors to mark onset of Nazi deportations

• ‘Time to unite’ to fight terrorism, Israeli expert says here

• Gloomy outlook doesn’t stop traditions of Ukraine

• Jewish studies inaugurated in Stockholm

• Israel’s lesbian mothers contributing to the ‘gaybe boom’

• Once 1,000, number of missing Israelis dwindles to 3

• For Mountain Jews, freedom poses existential threats

• European synagogues selected for restoration grants

• Israelis mourn U.S. tragedy; feel like it ‘happened to us’

• Dismissing fears, local teens find Israel safe and grateful

• Seconds anyone? Israel’s nouveau gourmet cuisine

• New Jewish Museum Berlin tells tales of past, present that unfold 2,000-year history of Jews in Germ

• Stanford prepared for scheduling clash on Yom Kippur

• Workshop for couples will focus on skills

• Jews irked as SF schools schedule field trip on holiday

• Hillside swastika near Marin JCC confounds authorities

• Teacher applies Torah-study method to secular learning

• Palo Alto’s ‘To Life!’ a haimish, crowd-pleasing fair

• 8-minute spoof takes on Jewish weddings, race issues

• Where’s Bibi? His views, photos go to work on Web

• Jews cite justice as Williams brothers plead guilty

• To our readers

• Arab heads voice grief as zealots celebrate

• Prayers of peace will echo from Bay Area

columns

• You don’t have to be a poet to feel the nearness of God

opinions & letters

• Rosh Hashanah at a time of grief

• We must maintain our quest for life, peace and security

• Tuesday’s terrorism must ‘awaken the sleeping tiger’

supplements

• From apples to pomegranates, it’s all Jewish soul food

• Days of Awe provide us with a chance to begin anew

• Bits of trivia flow from a layman to enlighten your High Holy Days

• Rosh Hashanah may be good time to consider trying vegetarian diet

• 5761: Year of searching, solidarity for U.S. Jews

• Jewish organizations close shop, augment security precautions

• Where you can send donations for victims

• Grief-stricken New York Jews’ views run the gamut

• 750 seek comfort at S.F.‘s Emanu-El on Tuesday night

• Bay Area Jews spring into service after terror attacks

• Arab Film Festival canceled in Berkeley

• Terrorism experts fear more attacks could take place

• How parents can help their kids cope with disaster

• S.F. security firm to support Jewish organizations

• Berkeley prayer vigil draws 400 to share grief, hugs

• U.S. Jewish community horrified by ‘surreal’ events