news & features

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Chelm, Chinese food and Chanukah — Musical spoof packs

• A long, hard weekend look at addictions

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Accused Nazi collaborator’s death leaves ‘bitter taste’

• U.S. Jewish groups respond to World AIDS Day by pushing for more financial support

• Presumed victims of Holocaust, brother and sister meet again

• The hate that the European Union may have tried to hide

• Asian inmate at San Quentin challenges prison’s classification of Jews

• JCF’s excellent adventure—Local activists get the in-depth picture of Israel in annual visit

• Crossing generations, cultures: ''Active listening'' bridges the gaps between elders, kids

• Learning has no borders at Arab-Israeli clinic

• who’s in town: JNF chairman reaches out to Bay Area Israelis

• Geneva gets U.S. officials jumping: ''Virtual'' accords win praise from Powell, activists

• Have you herd? Sharon’s calf wins a prize

• Israeli parents unable to harvest dead son’s sperm, court decides

• Shorts: World

• Shorts: U.S.

• Advocates for missing Iranians go public with struggle

• Vodka and Japanese princes mingle with Tokyo’s tolerant Jews

• Israeli activist marks World AIDS day here

• TWO VIEWS: Geneva accords, hope or disaster

• HBO movie clips wings of ‘Angels’

• b’nai mitzvah

• dance

• comedy

• music

• readings

• etc.

• Got kosher? Cal can now say yes to observant students

arts

• He’s big, he’s bad, he’s the Hebrew Hammer

• Berkeley’s Judah L. Magnes Museum officially re-opens with treasures from the exquisite to the ordin

• Still rockin’ the shetl:

  Klezmer Conservatory Band rides revival wave of funky roots music

• Wagner exhibit in Germany renews debate over legacy

columns

• Venturing into the discomfort zone to encounter God

• celebrity jews

• Sure, I want to fit in, but being bicultural gives me the best of two worlds

• jokes

cook

• Instead of competing, why not create holiday memories of your own?

opinions & letters

• Local dialogues keep hope alive amid Mideast strife

• An ‘accord’ without clout is hollow

• TWO VIEWS: Geneva accords, hope or disaster

• For all our do-goodism, Jews just don’t do right by the environment

lifecycles

• b’nai mitzvah

• deaths

• wedding

• engagement

supplements

• Gift Guide

• Instead of competing, why not create holiday memories of your own?

• When kids are Jewish but a parent isn’t, contemporary families get creative

• Judith’s story recalls triumph — with a nasty sword

• Ask the Rabbi: Must I attend my dad’s family Christmas gatherings?

• Latkes, lore and love: Chanukah tales and activities to entice kids

• Think like a kid — playful gifts to accent tradition

• Gifts for the young at heart: How about a matzah ball candle on your holiday table?