news & features

• CCAR lambastes president’s Alaskan oil-drilling plan

• UJC refocuses its ‘Israel Now and Forever’ campaign

• Decreased affiliation, rising intermarriage trends linger

• Holocaust insurance body blasted for not paying claims

• ‘Arafat wants it both ways,’ Dennis Ross says here

• Bagel-craving spares N.Y. rabbi from air bus crash zone

• Jewish refugees stranded in Europe since Sept. 11

• U.S. Report

• Jewish philanthropies ‘holding their own’ in fund-raising

• Leaflets found in Ukiah blame Jews for NYC attack

• Rabbi murder case: Congregants process hung jury news

• Glass ceiling yet to be shattered at majority of Israeli companies

• IDF veteran indicted for offering his assistance to Iranian Embassy

• Families reject findings on long-missing Yemenite babies

• World Report

• Israeli gives age-old, and New Age, spa treatments here

• Kazakhstan ambassador to Israel climbs to top of diplomatic corps

• Internet rumors aside, Atta held by Israel not hijacker

• Arrested at riot, Islamic Jihad leader freed by Arafat

• Mideast Report

• Judaism provides grounding as dancer’s career takes off

• Reissued S.F. Jewish history book is a time capsule

• White powder at temple turns out to be metal polish

• Have we got a tale or two for you on Jewish Web sites

• Zionism more relevant today than ever, says visiting journalist

• Retiree gets 20-year education at Holocaust Center

• Federation president juggles priorities in time of crises

• David and Goliath to be studied in class

• Outreach extends to newborns while still in the maternity wards

• Beth El will hold Thanksgiving service

• Haggadah offers framework for fragile Thanksgiving

• Does U.S. peace drive imperil Sharon coalition?

• Area’s 1st Shabbat elevator: Elders get a lift at shul

columns

• Jacob’s character, example light a path to wholeness

opinions & letters

• All the more reason to be thankful

• We must dispel lies that Israel stole ‘Palestinian’ land

• Arafat keeps blowing his chancesto gain U.S. respect as terrorism foe

supplements

• Alameda woman investigates male-dominated industries