news & features

• Rabbi Eliezer Shach, ex-Shas leader, dies

• Rabbi Chaim Stern, editor of Reform siddurim, dies at 71

• Rabbi on trial for murdering wife publishes memoir

• Kristallnacht survivors face added trauma after Sept. 11

• Rabin memorial evokes memories, yearnings for peace

• U.S. Report

• Egypt’s president lashing out at Israel and U.S. Jews

• Intifada striking brutal blow to Palestinian economy

• Jerusalem family who sat shiva finally buries terror victim’s body

• Reeling from Sept. 11, New Yorkers elect a billionaire

• Italy backs ‘Palestine’ aid plan

• world report

• Choice, gun issues tip Jewish vote in N.J. gubernatorial

• Non-Jew honored for saving star from Nazis

• Mideast rReport

• Local forum underlines deep split on Sept. 11 causes

• Israeli writers meeting in Berkeley ask, ‘Where did we go wrong?’

• Israeli who protects Palestinians from IDF’s bullets speaks here

• New BRJCC classes on Ba’al Shem Tov, life ‘rhythms’

• Tasteful images of mikvah, politics left, right on Web

• Rabbi’s workshop is designed to put your kids to sleep

• Married 25 years, emigres finally wed under chuppah

• Former World War II prisoner of war will speak in Walnut Creek

• A new building is taking shape on S.F.‘s Brandeis Hillel campus

• 1930s JCC mural will be rescued from wrecking ball

• San Jose State reacts after Jews object to ‘hate speech’

• Corrections

• Now Palestinians feel Bush’s wrath amid new peace try

• Ashrawi vs. Amrani: Famed Palestinian leader debates Israel consul general

columns

• Sarah and Abraham teach us to see aging as opportunity

opinions & letters

• Bush’s anti-terrorism policy doesn’t apply to Mideast

• Where would we be now if Rabin hadn’t been killed?

supplements

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• Afikomen opens annex for booming wedding business

• After 30 years, Prague synagogue celebrates marriage

• U.S. kids’ link with Ethiopians for double b’nai mitzvah events

• What’s in it for me? The mitzvah of playing host satisfies like matzah ball soup

• Hold it! Photographers capture memorable moments