news & features

• Needing Putin’s support, Bush ready to repeal Jackson-Vanik

• Jewish journalists grapple with ‘doing the write thing’

• Complete Scrolls show Torah’s evolution, scholars say

• Argentine bomb trial explores van wreck

• Ideas for ending Mideast impasse make Palestinian official unpopular

• Will Sept. 11 alter Tel Aviv plans to scrape the sky?

• Choice for Mideast envoy raises issue of possible bias

• World Report

• Some Israelis flee ‘the situation’—others firmly stay

• Mideast Report

• San Quentin guard turns down state settlement offer

• Danish Jewish Museum gets a boost from Bay Area Jews

• Politically undecided? Use your browser to find a slant

• E-mail accuses JCF of aiding Arabs, not terror victims

• Temple board stint gives edge to new Beth Am rabbi

• Baha’i center gives Keneset HaLev temporary digs

• Three Torah scholars to address South Bay seminar

• JFCS needs volunteers for senior programs

• Puritan sex stigmas not Jewish, says rabbi-teacher

• Berkeley prof uncovers grit on German insurance giant

• Feminist rebbetzin brings mission to S.F.

• ADL in S.F. gets national group to champion gay rights

• Will Powell’s speech yield any progress?

• ‘Why aren’t we Jewish?’ Berkeley boy asks mom—and pursues an answer

columns

• On climbing the ladder and advancing spiritually

opinions & letters

• Powell—what he did and didn’t say

• Only in Israel: here are the stories you don’t read about

• Good fences don’t guarantee good neighbors

supplements

• The gift of Jewish literature opens teenagers to new worlds

• Kids’ high-tech dreidels sing, dance, roll and rock

• Children’s stories shed light on tradition

• Adult gifts for Chanukah this year run the gamut

• My father’s ‘Maoz Tzur’ brings us back to old times

• Hey, you! A good name is as precious as Chanukah oil

• Resources for Chanukah gifts

• After years of Chelm stories, kids’ books are filling the shelves

• Ex-L.A. deejay turned rabbi pens a bestseller on parenting

• Gift Guide