news & features

• In New York, 9/11 families, Israeli terror victims bond

• Sharon receives warmer reception than Abbas in D.C.

• U. S. Report

• Jewish leaders laud Abbas as a ‘breath of fresh air’

• Exhibit details refugees’ rocky welcome in S. Africa

• World Report

• Israeli police halt Jewish visits to the Temple Mount

• Roaming rabbi tends to his scattered South African flock

• Bush’s ‘evenhandedness’ forces Sharon to compete for attention

• Iraqi immigrants to Israel enjoy new lives but miss home

• Champagne city to uncork festival for talmudic master

• Retreats along Israel’s coast snaring high-end buyers

• A year after terrorist bombing, Hebrew University pushes forward

• Palestinian doc sees Negev hospital as bridge to peace

• Mideast Report

• Rabbi finds happy medium between Gilroy, Los Gatos

• 18th Kohn intern class gets hands-on lessons in Jewish life

• Cotati author chronicles sex, drugs and kibbutzim

• New AJCommittee officers elected

• When it opens in Jan., new JCC will house full-scale Judaica shop

• Jewish community finds no resolution at SFWAR hearing

• ‘We got to see the back roads,’ say teens on Israel trip

• U. of Judaism shuts S.F. office, cites poor economy

• Small move is giant step for federation headquarters

• Summer interns serve myriad agencies

• San Francisco pair break the ice as Israeli bobsledders

• Lieberman Dems’ besthope, so why is hein trouble?

columns

• Torah serves as the foundation for change—and for justice

opinions & letters

• Bush needs to get tough on ‘road map’

• At last, a communal call to action to stop abuse at home

• Tisha B’Av a day to mourn, but also to remember glory

supplements

• Concord businessman says tzedakah makes good sense