news & features

• Happy Passover:

  Passover recipes and food for thought

• Jewish activist in Pittsburg, Palo Alto and Aptos dies at 83

• shorts: u.s.

• Whither the Jewish vote? Ask a group of activist Jews

• Portrait of a would-be suicide bomber:
  Palestinian teen arrested with explosives belt

• Swiss bank funds from Holocaust may go to ex-Soviets

• shorts: mideast

• Halting the death machine: Photos raise questions on WWII strategy

• ‘Weekend of hate’ puts Toronto Jews on edge

• Who’s in town

• Shorts: Bay Area

• SFSU drops 5-year suspension for outspoken pro-Israel student activist

• Visceral pro-Israel ad, scathing rebuttal offend many at SFSU

• Did Claremont professor fake anti-Semitism against herself?

• ADL: Hate crimes drop by 50% locally, unaltered nationally

• Cal’s left-leaning Jewish group strikes out on its own

• Efforts in high gear to bring Russian emigre back

• Kerry and the Golem: Candidate may be related to creator of Prague legend

• Beat goes on: Jazz great Dave Brubeck brings Jewish-themed choral piece to Bay Area

• COVER STORY
  Killing the killer — Is Hamas founder more dangerous dead than alive?

• b’nai mitzvah

• Stanford prof goes a long way to help bridge Mideast rift

• Sunrise, sunset — A day in the life of the new JCCSF is nonstop action

arts

• Anne Frank exhibit in Novato

• Is violence justified?:

  William T. Vollmann’‘s humongous treatise is anything but dull

• Politics, science, crises fodder for Jewish anthology

• Against all odds, Jewish Hospital survived Nazis — and lives on

• Israeli folk singer’s latest a heartbreaking ‘Holiday’

• Sacred sounds CD: Oakland cantor a ''perfect tour guide'' to world of Jewish music

• Maurice Sendak illustrates kids’ tale with Holocaust past

columns

• Celebrity Jews

• Seder memories: the good, the bad and the smelly

• Jokes

• Child’s welcome to Torah stresses taboos and rites — for good reason

cook

• A West Coast dairy seder, with farm-fresh ingredients

opinions & letters

• Yassin was no holy man

• Two Views:
  Yassin’s assassination — brutality or necessity?

• Pro-Israel group could teach lesson to hate-shouting S.F. marchers

• Letters

lifecycles

• wedding

• unveiling

• deaths

• b’nai mitzvah

• births

supplements

• Passover crossword puzzle

• Enliven seder by inviting guests to be part of bibliodrama

• Dot-com offer a kosher catch-all for Passover pleasures

• Passover companion book a treasure for the seder-bound

• Traditional matzah balls

• Making matzah in Ukraine: Factory offers easy work, good dough

• Syrian seder recipes revive delicious memories

• A West Coast dairy seder, with farm-fresh ingredients