news & features

• Jews and Freemasons—a not-so-secret brotherhood

• Hilda Frankenstein, Bulletin volunteer, dies at 83

• Ukraine ceremony honors 2 U.S. Jews slain in 1920

• U.S. Report

• Pollard hearing arouses prayer and hope

• Congress returns to a hornet’s nest of Mideast issues

• Targeted killings subdue Hamas, but may enrage moderate Arabs

• Former Nazi guard denied bail in Canada

• Azeri doctor gives outlet to isolated mountain women

• Surprises, questions arise over Yom Kippur War transcripts

• French faux pas infuriates Israel

• Power struggle between Abbas and Arafat ratchets up

• Police question Sharon’s sons on corruption charges

• South Africans send gifts of hope to terror victims

• Auschwitz museum official criticizes Israeli flyover

• Jewish bombing arrest heightens British-Iranian tensions

• Katsav, Iranian listeners get emotional on the radio

• Israeli Arabs remain unhappy as report on 2000 riots released

• Politicians, officials, rabbis merge for Bible celebration

• Kosher dessert firm takes cake, wins national trade show prize

• Brooklyn actress brings Fanny Brice legend to San Jose

• Rosenbergs were ‘good Jews,’ attests Danville centenarian

• ‘Tracking down modern-day human rights abusers’...: ...S.F. attorney follows Nuremberg legacy of her mother

• Survivors gratified as banks waive wire fees on restitution payments

• ADL calls for city investigation of SFWAR’s practices

• An evening with Michael Chabon

• Desperate letters put a face on family’s WWII tribulation

• Rising costs, dwindling allocations create ‘perfect storm’

• War separates families, but the Web can reunite

• Calendar

• From kosher chapatis to saris under the chuppah…

arts

• Out-of-print Victorian feminist worth a second read

• 3 kids’ books offer thoughtful questions and answers

• Jewish love song compilation fails to set the romantic mood

• Israeli mother seeks to understand her son’s murder

• Celebrity News

• Top-tier crooners set to trumpet great American songbook in S.F.

• ‘Diagnosis: Jew Pain’ mines quirky family, bisexuality

• Former teen heartthrob finds peace in rural academia

• Opera’s undertones bring the Jewish struggle to light

columns

• We must always be on guard against the ‘Amelek’ inside

food

• Symbolic fruits and veggies from Sephardic tradition

opinions & letters

• Oslo is the past—what does future hold?

• The PLO never really wanted peace:

  Oslo 10 years later - 3 views

• It is too easy to blame it all on Arafat:

  Oslo 10 years later - 3 views

• Extremists on both sides foiled plan:

  Oslo 10 years later - 3 views

• Letters to the Editor