news & features

• Big & Tall founder Jerome Moskovitz, 91

• Beloved U.C. Berkeley Professor Michael Rogin, at 64

• First person to tell world of Nazi plan dies

• Jews praise strong sentences for synagogue arsonists

• Volunteers hand out comfort to lift ground zero spirits

• Trips to Israel continue despite weekend of terrorism

• 5 U.S. athletes get in Jewish hall of fame

• Job of U.S. envoy in Israel has become nearly impossible

• New CDs express beauty and joy in the gift of music

• N.Y. court rules that rabbis do not have to keep secrets

• With legend of Judith, Chanukah becomes ‘cheesy’

• U.S. Report

• N.Y. mayor-elect on Israel solidarity trip

• Sharon, at ground zero, says democracies will triumph

• Geneva meeting targets Israel as ‘occupying power’

• New gifts include dowdy Barbie and ‘December dilemma’ chess

• Israel gives Palestinians loophole to avoid all-out war

• Bush freezes assets of U.S. group with Hamas links

• Rare find in London: an 800-year-old stone mikvah

• Credit Maccabees for planting Rome’s Jewish roots and the Romans for memorializing the menorah

• Israel to Arafat: Time for sitting on fence is now over

• Katsav meets with gays, offers nothing

• For some, business as usual becoming thing of the past

• World Report

• Israel gets image advice from two former Clinton aides

• Mideast Report

• Fight against hate is ongoing, but winnable, says ADL head

• New study finds rock-solid American support for Israel

• Beth Israel seeks info about Polish shul

• Experts will discuss Sept. 11 terrorism

• Check out what the Webniks have designed for Chanukah!

• $500k challenge grant boosts Oakland school’s move

• Book drive for Chanukah

• Danville congregation spreads spirit of Chanukah

• Holiday teaches resilience

• Saratogan’s book conveys challah traditions to kids

• Israeli in S.F. to speak on latest terror attacks

• Terror in Israel stirs emotions at AIPAC luncheon here

• Healing center offers 8 tips for Chanukah

• What’s in a name? SSU seeking to retire the Cossack

• Emigre on mission to improve Ethiopians’ plight in Israel

• Israeli official to speak here

• Support for Israel soars, but will it last?

• After latest attacks, Israelis call Arafat ‘our bin Laden’

columns

• As God-wrestlers, we find strength in Jacob’s struggle

opinions & letters

• Lighting candles in a troubled world

• Kindling the lights—even though it’s been a dark year

• With Arafat era ending, conflict turning into a war

• Palestinian leader overplayed his hand for the last time