news & features

• Rudolph Geringer, soapmaker and geriatric housepainter, dies at 104

• Charles Susskind, professor and author, dies at 82

• Shorts: U.S.

• Clinton on the record, from Oslo to Camp David

• U.N. confronts anti-Semitism, starting with itself

• Shorts: Mideast

• A trench grows in Gaza?

• While Labor seeks leverage, Sharon scolds and sweet talks Likud

• Israeli Reform leader to speak in Bay Area

• Magnes launches search for new director

• Rabbi appeals, will fight on in defamation case

• Russian activist with Bay Area ties slain in St. Petersburg

• B’nai Israel arson in Vallejo:

  Synagogue burns, but damage could have been far worse

• He carries Olympic torch to fight anti-Semitism

• How the Holocaust rocked Rush front man Geddy Lee

• Local rabbi and son make haircutting pilgrimage to rebbe’s gravesite

• COVER STORY:
  Hate talk: Jewish radio hosts attacked by anti-Israel voices

• B’nai Mitzvah

• etc.

• Reading

• Music

• Humanistic Judaism founder wonders why movement hasn’t caught on here

• Sandwiches and tzedakah:

  Palestinian store owner does a lot more than serve up tasty eats

arts

• ‘Vagina Monologues’ playwright explores
  other parts in one-woman show

• Reel estate: S.F. Jewish Film Festival buys new digs with 3 other arts groups

• Deaf-blind actors don’t let their disabilities stop them

columns

• Celebrity Jews

• Wedding bells are ringing, but I’m glad they’re not for me — yet

• Jokes

• Life is more a matter of mystery than of reason

cook

• Favorites from camp: healthy kid-friendly food adults like, too

opinions & letters

• The rebbe’s legacy, 10 years after:

  editorial

• Is Netanyahu the Comeback Kid?

• Crisis in Sudan:

  Genocide by any other name is still genocide

• No wilderness in sight, but camping in Israel still pretty wild

• Letters

lifecycles

• Deaths

• Engagement

• B’nai Mitzvah

supplements

• New coffee shop gives secular and religious women a chance to network

• ‘ER’ meets ‘Armageddon’ for Israel’s first female hospital head

• Couple brings Israeli designer’s jewels to spark up Silicon Valley mall