news & features

• Dairy patriarch, environmentalist Bill Straus dies at 88

• Beth Am co-founder, entrepreneur Jay Hamerslag, 80

• Poor survivors, Shoah education vie for funds at UJC hearing

• U.S. Report

• U.S. aid to Palestinian Authority gets the nod from Jewish groups

• U.S. agency tapes confirm Liberty ship attack a mishap

• Shinui fulfills pledge to shake up old politics

• World Report

• Hundreds of U.S. Jews make aliyah

• Violence, prisoner releases threaten shaky cease-fire

• Mideast Report

• Agencies that help the poor bracing for budget cuts

• 101 California: A decade later: Lawyer’s widow still fighting for gun control legislation

• New rabbi at Sherith Israel also expert in Jewish mysteries

• Baseball and Judaism—lessons, anecdotes online

• Entrepreneur of peace pitches Mideast initiative in S.F.

• Anti-Israel float in Pride parade called ‘outrageous’

• Pro-Israel resolution divides Bay Area House members

• Berkeley council asked to act on Rachel Corrie

• Intifada film leaves crowd of 200 depressed, defiant

• ‘Rabbi Michael’ leaves bimah amidst virtual love fest

• Court throws out Muslim educator’s suit against ADL

• Camp Swig celebrates 50 years and its first director

• From desert to oasis, Peninsula day school turns 30

• Women Against Rape against Israel, too

• Uproar likely over intifada films in festival

• Free matinees on Shabbat: a compromise

columns

• Turn anger into compassion and it will not be wasted

opinions & letters

• Film festival: ‘catalyst for discussion’

• Stop construction now—wall only destroys trust

• Regardless of any plans, we need to protect ourselves

supplements

• Cruises provide leisure and luxury—or adventure with security

• Serving elders becomes calling for Reutlinger’s spiritual leader

• Surgeons eye new procedure

• When Grandma volunteers, her granddaughter joins in

• Many still in the dark about long-term care

• Jewish-themed classes in Tiburon, New Mexico, Europe

• Jewish classes ‘practically in our backyard’: Contra Costa JCC, Elderhostel join to serve retirees c