news & features

• Indefatigable educator, Abraham Gannes dies at 92

• Chaim Engel, participant in mass-escape from Sobibor

• U.S. Report

• Anti-Semitic diary entries dent Jews’ image of Truman

• Hate crime numbers drop but anti-Jewish crimes static

• White House aims to combat teen drug use with faith

• Jews came to Siberia seeking safety and prosperity

• World Report

• Al-Qaida detainee attended Jewish school in Britain

• Abbas and Arafat declare a different kind of cease-fire

• Palestinians fight among themselves over reconciliation

• European-Israeli relations thaw after tense period

• Israel’s budget cuts trigger grassroots protest vigil

• Mideast Report

• Tahoe ‘temple of your dreams’ has a lakeside view

• At ADL’s urging, state board eases holiday testing rule

• Chabad aims to maintain family feel in new center

• Two Jewish communal vets follow their stars to stage

• Jewish student politico claims U.C. is lax on anti-Semitism

• From the former Soviet Union to the United States 79ers find common heritage and empathy in S.F.

• Fairfax brewer rolls bagels into ‘well-bread’ concoction

• Bulletin nets four awards in journalistic competition

• Holocaust memorial suit dropped against S.F. doctor

• Ehud Olmert gives peace plan ‘less than 50% chance’

• SFWAR lifts anti-Israel language as it faces city, state probes

• Dental care decaying for older emigres

columns

• Pinhas’ fanatic violence pushes limits of morality

opinions & letters

• SFWAR and its political agenda

• Hateful politics don’t mix with anti-rape group’s mission

• Dresden shul is a symbol of interfaith cooperation