news & features

• El Cerrito psychologist, volunteer Sheila Becker dies at 62

• Tireless Mt. Zion, Emanu-El supporter Barbara Rogers, 83

• Lantos brings straight talk, not timetables, to Mideast

• Confusion reigns in Washington over troubled Mideast policy

• Grassroots movements rise to craft other ‘road maps’

• U.C. Davis sorority tries to set record straight after MTV show

• U.S. Report

• Attacks rock Moroccan Jews, but king promises safety

• In first person… I ran a disco in Old City of Jerusalem

• Orthodox love-scandal shocks British Jews

• Israeli summer camp counselors bridge the gap between two lands

• About ‘In first person…’

• In first person… Yom HaZikaron observance gets personal, metaphoric

• In first person… L.A. marketing entrepreneur shifts career path to serve Israel

• Between a rock and a hard place—Abbas is stuck

• In first person… I arrived Episcopalian, and came ‘home’ to Judaism

• Israeli rock band Kaveret will reunite at S.F. festival

• In first person… ‘Nice Jewish boy’ pursues dream of dance in Tel Aviv

• In first person… Bumping into Rabin in the King David lobby

• In first person… I was bound for a job in Spain, but began an affair with Israel

• Safety, security a top priority at Israel festival

• Youth Aliyah marks 70 years of rescuing children at risk

• Israel Museum receives Dada, surrealist collection

• In first person… ‘God thanked us’ for visit, helping us fulfill two dreams

• New Herzl Museum tells story of man behind Zionist dream

• More talk, more terror: What should Sharon do now?

• World Report

• E. Bay youth wins art contest, trip to NYC

• In first person… First-time trip coincides with Rabin assassination

• Amulets make their way from Beersheva to Bay Area

• In first person… Close call on 1958 trip in middle of moonless night on Eilat beach

• Thousands expected at annual S.F. Israel fest

• In first person… A connection to Judaism that lasted over decades

• In first person… Touching down began best day of my life

• What’s a good Jewish festival without a little mishugas?

• In first person… Torah service with Women of Wall transforms feminist spirit

• In first person… Instead of hiding Jewishness, I took pride

• Israel trip alumni to reunite at festival

• Mideast Report

• Ordination of women ‘carried seeds of revolution,’ says CCAR leader

• Ethicists, rabbis address genetic research on the Web

• Hagafen Cellars opens new tasting room Sunday in Napa

• U.C. ‘Frontline’ fellow finds Israel’s concrete wall futile

• Bay Area’s pluralism provides Israelis with food for thought

• Writer gets inside Chabad to recount world movement

• Peace and Arafat not on same page, says Israeli editor

• Hosts sought for friendly living-room chats about Israel

• Talk about religion, not politics, Israeli mediator advises

• Jews, Muslims sit down to ‘work this thing out’

• Charities feel a pinch from fund-raisers

• One-man ‘Shylock’ show raises new questions and old concerns

• Correction

• Rabbi Weiner retires from Sherith Israel Saying goodbye after 32 years

• Jerusalem lion stakes out lair in the hills of Berkeley

• Rich, poor, Arab, Jew—terror kills without prejudice

columns

• ‘If’ is a powerful word that helps us move forward

opinions & letters

• Show Israel that you care on June 1

• The ‘road map’—path to ruin or best chance for peace? Palestinian terrorism, statehood are incomp

• The ‘road map’—path to ruin or best chance for peace? Jewish establishment betrays chance for pea