news & features

• All they wanted was a circumcision for their son

• Palo Alto mother and son become b’nai mitzvah together

• Mass conversion of Ugandans has been a long time coming

• Klezmer is nurturing a Yiddish revival, says musician

• In the wake of Sept. 11 attacks marriages on rise

• Dr. A. Jess Shenson, booster of arts, Jewish causes, dies

• B’nai mitzvah in Hawaii can take place on volcano slopes

• How to create ‘ritual moments’ in a household with new baby

• First prenuptial move for some: Get tested for genetic disorders

• Changes in Holocaust exhibit don’t appease critics

• Fujifilm wrongly accused of leaving Israel off map

• Jewish leaders aghast at Billy Graham’s recorded slurs

• Despite tourism drop, El Al improves service from L.A.

• Two N. Cal. collegians buck trend and study in Haifa

• U.S. Report

• Jewish groups want more on Saudi plan

• Conversion issue still muddled after court ruling

• On the brink of war, Sharon hits Palestinians harder

• Support for Saudi plan builds among world and U.S. leaders

• Pearl’s Israeli relatives express their grief at memorial

• World Report

• Denier declares bankruptcy, but he continues to sue for libel

• Israeli Orthodox family loses 7 to suicide attack

• Croatians rip Holocaust book for criticizing archbishop

• U.S. Jewish groups back ADL, boycott meeting with Mubarak

• S.F. hotelier recalls the day a German boxer saved him

• Let the Web help you plan all of your happy occasions

• Inclusiveness conference draws queer Jewish students

• Israeli storyteller to share personal sides of conflict

• Intrepid reporter investigates Carmel kosher wines

• ‘ChefTalk’ to debut at JCC

• Alameda resident trains for hike in South Africa to help AIDS research

• Outed as a rabbi, Orthodox woman to speak here

• Shalom Bayit marks 10th year of helping abused women

• Russian Jews in S.F. air concerns over acceptance in the community

• Peace process deeply flawed from the start, says professor

• Seder’s tattered paper Miriam gives way to new silk creation

• Shoah memoirists describe penning of the unspeakable

• ORT party to raise funds for renovation of French school

• Is it war? Bloodshed says yes, leaders say no

• Finances force latest in string of closings Israel Bonds shuts its S.F. doors

columns

• Corporations could benefit from heeding Moses’ lessons

opinions & letters

• Arab world must stop rationalizing extremists’ tactics

• Beware of evangelicals who love Israel, loathe Jews