news & features

• Paul Botzman dies at 87; led B’nai Israel of Rossmoor

• Afghan ambassador to U.N.: Israel has a right to exist

• Israel rabbi likens Orthodox to fanatics

• Muslim stats highballed, says AJCommittee data

• Area codes get political

• U.S. Report

• U.S. called hypocritical for blasting Israel’s war on terror

• High-ranking Syrian says Mossad orchestrated Sept. 11

• Peruvian Jews given glimmer of hope to make aliyah

• Fears of attack delay Jewish center’s opening

• Ze’evi killing reopens the debate on ‘targeted killing’

• Al Sharpton off to Holy Land

• Do ask, do tell: IDF gays can serve

• U.S. revokes Jewish major’s security access

• Anti-terror bill backed, but U.K. Jews skeptical

• ‘Who is a Jew?’ still questioned

• World Report

• Words like ‘mud’ packed with meaning to survivors

• Bush’s statements raise tensions during Israelis’ meetings in the U.S.

• Argentine bombing, Al Qaida linked?

• Israelis won’t fly with Taliban lookalikes

• Paris Jews’ concerns over Arab scuffles fall on deaf ears

• San Jose State newspaper’s anti-Israel letter angers Jews

• Book fest’s KIDZcorner aims to make reading more fun

• As America goes to war, online information abounds

• Jews, pro-Palestinians protest alleged Berkeley attack

• Tarzana rabbi to give 1st public talk here on coming out

• Israeli ‘traumatologist’ offers advice during S.F. visit

• Lantos now the point man in Congress for Jewish issues

• Child survivor, Hitler Youth join hands to pen book about Holocaust memories

• Afghanistan once sheltered Jews, says local author

• North Tahoe congregation breaks ground for 1st home

• Journalist’s ‘diaries’ a plea for an Israel without compromise

• Torn between the U.S., his own fragile coalition, Sharon’s in a tug of war

• JFCS counsels agencies on recovering normalcy

columns

• Staying ‘centered in God’ during these difficult times

opinions & letters

• U.S. message to Israel reeks of hypocrisy

• Doubts haunt me, rattling my political correctness

• Halloween can remind Jews to hallow God’s presence

• Attention: Where are the Jews in the U.S. military?

supplements

• When all flights are grounded, couple scrambles to get married

• If you haven’t been dating lately: The rules have changed

• Brush up on the foibles of dating before venturing forth