news & features

• Israeli statesman Simcha Dinitz dies at 74

• L.A. philanthropist, one of few Treblinka survivors, dies at 80

• Irv Kermish, founding director of JFCS Marin branch, dies at 79

• Bernard Manischewitz of the kosher foods giant

• Holocaust philosopher Fackenheim died trying ‘To Mend the World’

• Nebulous numbers leave Jewish identity up for debate

• Hot as Java, Web site gets flashy with Jewish cornucopia

• Start new year with culinary adventures, says N.Y. restaurateur

• Talking animals, dancing Noah tell stories

• Kids toot own horns at shofar-making class

• At Rosh Hashanah, Bush urges Jews to pray for world peace

• Charitable choice changes blur division of church, state

• This Rosh Hashanah, Israel sends a different message

• In Los Angeles, a scroll with soul reveals bonds of steel

• Ethiopian Jews in Israel find ‘success’ almost as distant as homeland

• Israel’s left gets its groove back

• Positive changes in the air between German, U.S. Jews

• Despite challenges, Europe’s Jews celebrate growth

• Number of young visitors to Israel again on the rise:

  loolwa khazzoom

• Piedmont kids, teachers get Yom Kippur off — by accident

• Centuries-old Torah from Germany finds a home in Bay Area

• mideast

• Making the holidays meaningful for kids

• Web offers a deeper look at Yizkor

• etc.

• benefits & social events

• readings

• music

• Mixed families, mixed messages:

  Winning essays reflect joys, pains of interfaith marriages

• A gay Arab-Israeli love affair: Breaking barriers their own way

• Master shofar-blower shares his secrets

• Who ya gonna call? ‘Kosher police’ have blowtorch, will travel

• New kosher cafe swings open in Albany

• S.F. rabbi hopes to turn bored into awed at Holy Days

arts

• Another film tackles conflict between Jesus and the Jews

• Beat-box performer puts similar Arab, Israeli lives on stage

• Ode to dead brother leaves big questions

• Film festival switches directors

• ‘The Klarsfelds’ reveals heroism of Nazi-hunters

• celebrity Jews in the news

columns

• Hateful cries made me uncomfortable in my own skin

• getting personal

• the border fence

• Every year at Rosh Hashanah we are scrutinized intensely

cook

• Breaking the fast Mediterranean-style

• Mmm, Mmm kosher! Campbell’s soup gets the nod from Orthodox Union

opinions & letters

• Past Jewish year was not a happy one

• Why do United Nations members attack Israel and U.S.?

• Yom Kippur is a blast and our leader is its first true rock star

• When a loved one isn’t in the Book of Life

• Letters

lifecycles

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• births