news & features

• Minnie Goldrath, longtime anti-war activist, dies at 87

• Bay Area political dynamo, Henry Berman, dies in S.F. at 92

• Twist in Crown Heights trial brings fresh wave of outrage

• U.S. Report

• What makes the ‘road map’ different? History has changed

• Prince Charles, ‘Defender of Faiths,’ dedicates a shul

• Muslim Council ballot results prove ominous for French Jews

• Holland outlaws Muslim group after finding links to terrorism

• Flood-hit Prague shul reopens

• British Jews praised in study as model for minority groups minorities

• SARS kills Toronto Jewish couple

• Sex scandal ensnares Ashkenazi chief rabbi

• ‘Road map’ lays out gradual steps for Mideast conflict

• Mideast Report

• Teens and families meet survivors at S.F. study session

• Human rights movement spreads its wings in Israel, U.S., rabbi says

• S. Bay youth compile Shoah memories for legislators

• Where Arik Ascherman will speak

• 550 area Jews spread out on both sides of the bay to spend the day in a hands-on rebuilding effort

• HUC-JIR to honor 3 local professionals

• Orinda teacher writes of double life as Jew in Morocco

• Dennis Prager to broadcast from Stanford

• At 88, Jewish sailor isn’t sinking her anchor just yet

• Sausalito poet gives voice to unheard women in Torah

• Warsaw Ghetto survivor recalls hunger, fear and grief

• ‘Road map’ just another Mideast mirage, says N.Y. editor

• U. of Judaism scholars to address Israel, Jewish values

• Gray Davis slams Shoah insurance claim backtracking

• Lesser-known rescuers of Jews come to light on Internet

• A tale of 2 who seek peace but can’t get to the table

• Laughing through the years—and the tears 87-year-old takes stage for ‘sit down’ comedy

columns

• Torah is meant to be read

opinions & letters

• Is ‘road map’ the same old scenario?

• Remembering Kent State and powerful lessons of past

• Six-Day War victory has become our prison

• So-called ‘territories’ central to Israel’s history

supplements

• In first person… In my family, laughter was always a motherly trait

• In first person… Weekends were parties with Auntie

• Ask the rabbi Interfaith couples: Consider a civil service

• In first person… Outings with Grandma filled with love

• Baby shower taboo based on superstition, not law

• A hairy dilemma: modern mom ponders 3-year-old son’s Jewish rite

• In first person… Yiddishe Mama’s heart and soul supported me

• Web site helps wedding couples give as well as receive

• In first person… A great cook and baker, but her humor was topnotch

• In first person… Mother bore responsibility of single parent

• At age 83, bat mitzvah ‘came through with flying colors’

• In first person… Memories of wise woman still strong

• Save-the-date cards get the word out early

• Picking the best services for a simcha is all in a day’s work

• In first person… Daughter-in-law conveys all the beauty of Judaism