news & features

• Literary pioneer and scholar Chaim Potok dies at 73

• Holocaust survivor-lecturer Ernie Hollander dies at 77

• U.S. anti-terror efforts give Israel $200 million in aid

• Survivor of leukemia brings ‘gift of life’ to Israeli boy

• Lawsuit says Florida group funds network of terror

• Consulate in S.F. will remain open

• After massive Russian flood, Jewish group offers aid

• Secular-religious strife ignited over yeshiva deferrals

• World Report

• Rare illness sparks creation of unique Jewish database

• Report of Iranian bribe could fuel bombing probe

• Gaza missile attack leads to Israeli soul-searching

• Mideast Report

• Jewish journey inspires playwright’s odyssey to stage

• Israeli author in S.F. offers new insight into Six-Day War

• Israeli paramedics take tales of trauma to Palo Alto

• ADL asks Redwood City to block Christian invocations

• Film fest director, Janis Plotkin, calls it a wrap after 21 years

• Middle East conflict puts ‘Inter-fada’ on the Web

• Sonoma Chabad center brings Judaism to county’s Jews

• Tisha B’Av service grapples with terror, anti-Semitism

• Gov. Davis tackles anti-Semitism at California colleges

• JCC of S.F. closing in on mammoth fund-raising goal

• Christians, Jews ‘stand for Israel’ at Tisha B’Av service

• Israeli Druze brings a rare diversity to Camp Tawonga

• Latest peace efforts possibly derailed by air strike

• Rundown cabins slated for replacement 49-year-old Camp Swig getting $6.5 million facelift

columns

• Filling only one’s stomach won’t satisfy spiritual hunger

opinions & letters

• Israel needs to beef up its PR efforts

• A bold proposal: Israel should join the Arab League

• Expectant mom fears terrorists and being mistaken for suicide bomber