news & features

• Britain’s “loyal opposition” gets first Jewish leader

• Cover Story: Shtick happens — 3 local Jews keep’em laughing

• Trading prisoners — Sharon enters an ethical minefield

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• No more Lone Ranger Judaism, Reform movement leader says

• Conservative movement wrestles with gay rights

• E. Bay clothier, WWII refugee Jill Shulster, 80, dies

• S.F.-born musician Israel ‘Izzy’ Rosenbaum, 89

• Rabbi accused of kicking pro-Israel protester at UCLA

• In Ohio, pro-Palestinian Jews take lead in organizing anti-Israel conference

• When in Havana, stop by for a cheese blintz

• Sharon’s ‘pressure cooker’: Will top general''s criticism force Israel to change tactics with Palestinians?

• Negotiating with terrorists is not an option, Israeli says

• Beilin calls controversial peace proposal a ‘patriotic’ move

• Local survivors help mark museum’s 10th

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• who’s in town

• Brandeis University in uproar over racist column

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• They call him an angel — once a doctor now a Jewish chaplain

• benefits & social events

• Browse Jewish libraries throughout the world to mark book month

• b’nai mitzvah

• readings

• music

• comedy

• Jerusalem postal workers deal with letters to God

arts

• celebrity jews

• Philip Roth’s conflicts intrigue ‘Stain’ director

• Hip-hop salvation: Songs help musician overcome father''s murder — and spread message of peace

columns

• Torn between Shabbat and just another hot night in the city

• Jokes

• Faith without a sense of duty becomes shallow

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• Younger folks discovering the food-spirituality link

opinions & letters

• Hurray for Israel — it’s fighting back now

• If Israel really wants to prosper, it needs coffee-to-go

• Helping my mother die — with dignity and compassion

• ‘Hate, vituperation and intolerance’ threaten our once-tolerant region

• letters

lifecycles

• weddings

• b’nai mitzvah

• deaths

supplements

• Humor, stickers, wackiness make Chanukah books fun

• Impact of Jews in the arts goes beyond who’s who in show biz

• Book month celebration

• S.F. author’s ‘Immortal Mouth’ wanders well