news & features

• Elsie Cohn, 102, Shoah refugee, great-grandmother

• Population survey hits new snag as UJC seeks another data review

• As evangelicals stand for Israel, some Jews say amen, others worry

• U.S. Report

• Avodah teen program shelved—for 2003

• Conservatives take note—your ‘user’s guide’ is here

• Future of Babi Yar pits Jew against Jew

• Battle for looted art pays off

• As war intensifies, rabbis still struggle with positions

• Rumors flow in Turkey: Kurdish leader is a Jew

• IDF doubtful that Jews had bombed Jenin school

• Jews in Arab lands feared vulnerable as war heats up

• Tzedakah in South America—Hillel students tackle poverty

• Remnant of Macedonian Jewry remembers day of destruction

• Women who seek to pray at Western Wall dealt setback

• World Report

• Iraq evokes pangs of homesickness for Israeli journalist

• Bucking U.S. and leftists, Jews move onto Arab land

• First-known Jewish casualty spoke of enlisting in the IDF

• Israeli to perform music of Iraqi homeland

• Parents Place answers cry for help from soldiers’ families

• Hezbollah fires on Israeli jets

• In Belgrade, a concentration camp nearly slips away

• Bombing site transformed by mitzvah

• MTV reporter laid-back about being Jewish in Iraq

• Mideast Report

• JCF collects $32,500 in seder fund-raiser

• Survivor fights L.A. Times in mock trial to clear his name

• Aliyah rising despite intifada, Jewish Agency exec says

• Ex-Lutheran finds his faith, language and singing voice in Judaism

• Editor urges readers to decry anti-Israel ‘bias’

• Israel-trip reunions during S.F. fest aim to re-ignite passions

• Clarification

• Holocaust expert explains why Auschwitz was never bombed

• Israeli writer to tell tales of pioneer ancestors

• Navy chaplain’s twisty path leaves him ambivalent to war

• Correction

• Artist transforms Union Square, merging modern with historic

columns

• As we gather in our homes, let us also remember Israel

opinions & letters

• A modern-day story of liberation

• So you thought that Moses had it bad? Try being a parent

• Iraq war eerily mirrors biblical battles of liberation

supplements

• UJC brings seders to Iraq

• Pesach with no matzah balls is one Oaklander’s vision of a ‘living food’ seder

• Nontraditional haggadot expand the diverse flavors of the holiday

• Recalling seders—the good, the bad and seder-lite

• Broken matzah, Pesach treats connect me to the lives of my immigrant forebears

• Kids’ Pesach activities, crafts abound on the Web

• Your parrot can observe Pesach, too

• Seder guide perfect for newbies, old pros

• For Sephardim, no need to pass over sushi at Pesach

• Vegetarian says Jewish law doesn’t require meat at a seder

• Memorable Passovers, from prison to Japan

• Small changes at Passover seder help loved ones cope with loss