news & features

• Nadine Rushakoff, Emanu-El’s 1st female president, 84

• Dermatologist Bernard Stone, 81, served in labor camp

• New Mideast envoy will be overseer, not mediator

• Americans back ‘road map’ despite haziness over plan

• U.S. Report

• Will U.S. Jewry lag behind as Israel pursues peace?

• Eric Rudolph—alleged bomber, Jew-hater

• Shoah survivors to get German insurance payouts

• Arabs, Israelis form friendly bridge with Internet cafe

• Thousands rally for Pollard

• French Jews quarrel over future as anti-Semitic crimes mount

• world report

• Star power brightens spirits of Mideast peace-seekers

• Settlers see ‘road map’ concessions as a betrayal

• Palestinians on the street express apathy about Aqaba

• 80% of IDF women claim harassment

• Mideast Report

• Marin JCC sued by parents of drowned 6-year-old camper

• Intifada united Israeli public, says key pluralism advocate

• Art for ORT to aid education

• Flurry of support fills teen’s penny jar for tzedakah

• Israel at 55 fest draws 10,000 in S.F., plus a flock of soaring doves

• Find networks, information on genetic disorders online

• Los Altos Hills synagogue to host interfaith forum on health-care budget cuts

• Chabad Mill Valley rabbi sees every Jew as a diamond

• Oakland historian probes Jews of West: Sleuthing unearths Gold Rush treasures

• IDF major builds ‘infrastructure of hope’ in territories

• Jews join in marrow drive for area Palestinian woman

• Beth Am gets grant to boost Shabbat participation

• Gold and silver Judaica jewelry at Union Street Festival

• Summit results: If words were deeds, the conflict would be over now

• A garden grows in Colma cemetery - to feed the hungry

columns

• At Sinai, we were chosen without conditions attached

opinions & letters

• We welcome even baby steps

• Bush gambling with future of Israel and his own party

• Bush puts politics above concern for Holocaust legacy