news & features

• Viktor Feuerlicht, Czech cantor, dies at 84

• Al Strauss, 79, escaped Nazis and ‘85 Achille Lauro hijacking

• U.S. report

• U.S. war-spending bill may give Israel $4 billion in aid

• Talking gefilte makes for something fishy

• Even medical professionals need Rx for stress in Israel

• Radical Islam spreads in Europe—so does fresh hatred of Jews…

• World Report

• War Reports Hotel changes name to ‘George W. Bush’

• Victory in Iraq could trigger a Bush-Sharon clash

• IDF accused of getting trigger-happy as deaths mount

• Jewish school in Asia helps boys in trouble

• As fraud claims swirl, heart pains hit Paris rabbi

• In Israel, economy scarier than prospect of Iraqi missiles

• Israeli millionaires number 10,000, Bank Leumi says

• Mideast Report

• War not the only language Jews and Arabs speak, say students

• Women’s voices to ring out at JCC poetry celebration

• The seder plate is an open book for an Oakland artist

• Age doesn’t slow passionate activist-writer Grace Paley

• Acting Judah L. Magnes head to focus on de-merger

• Kol Shofar Israel trip canceled day before departure

• S.F. envoy makes tough call to bulldozer victim’s dad

• Young breast-cancer patients find ‘sisters’ amid survivors

• Demonstration decries NPR’s alleged anti-Israel bias

• Rabbi to speak on ‘The Art of Amazement’

• New Israel Fund closes some doors to give more money

• Etz Chayim gets hands-on experience writing Torah

• Chicken farmers’ chutzpah intrigues Catholic dramatist

• 3Com chairman drives for a pro-Israel PR touchdown

• ‘We are on the dark side of Purim,’ American rabbis say

• Local Purim celebrants fret about ‘modern-day Haman’

columns

• Mitzvot are not just actions done to make us feel good

opinions & letters

• Worry now—telegram to follow

• Great news! There are no anti-Semites—now or ever

• Bush’s poor timing of Mideast road map is ‘terribly troubling’