news & features

• Austrian agreement gives survivors further compensation

• Shorts: Mideast

• Two-term Hadassah president, banker Ethel Simon dies at 86

• Friendship Circle founder, social worker Jack Ploscowe dies at 89

• He said, he said:

  Pundits analyze use of word ‘‘Israel’’ in Bush speech

• Dovish U.S. Jewish groups call for appointment of a Middle East envoy

• AIPAC case takes a turn for the weird

• Shorts: World

• Shorts: Mideast

• A sad verdict for AMIA victims’ relatives

• Largest synagogue in Central Asia opens in Kazakhstan

• In old Cossack capital, officials indifferent to anti-Semitic acts

• Israel, Russia form pact to fight terror

• Carrots and sticks:

  Israel tries to pacify Gaza settlers

• Berlin shul marks 100 years with hopes of being rediscovered

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Reno synagogue defaced — again

• Hired today, gone tomorrow:

  Study shows it’‘s tough to retain Jewish community pros

• Double joy and challenges:

  Twins transform life for Orthodox couple with paralysis

• Jewish shooting star aims to make his mark in NBA

• ROSH HASHANAH:

  5765

• B’nai Mitzvah

• Music

• Costa Rican shul complex draws both cheers and jeers

• Jewish moms share how pregnancy births spiritual growth

• After years of shrinking institutions, Buenos Aires gets a new shul

• From poverty to HIV, no problem too big for Canadian group

• Rabbi’s book has had kids questioning for 10 years

• Reconciliation the goal for volunteers in Germany

• Israeli lions and zebras make new home in Palestinian zoo

• Burial ceremony honors Warsaw Ghetto fighters

• Band of Turkish singers keeps fading tradition alive

• Journey to their roots:

  Some Puerto Ricans turn to their ancestors’’ religion — Judaism

• Special program for physicians:

  North American families build new lives in Israel

• ‘A Place in the Tent’: Conservative rabbis tackle intermarriage

• Family takes emotional journey to seek roots, rebirth

• Challah hobby gives rise to dough-making career

arts

• He built this city: S.F. Jewish architect celebrated in new Magnes exhibit

• Dylan, the Beatles and a ‘blacklisted journalist’

• Dershowitz shouts reason (not ‘fire!’)

• ‘Religion For Dummies’ just smart enough

• Mohawks and mitzvot — documentary chronicles Israel’s punk scene

• ‘Mixed Nuts’: Author explores history of American comedy teams

• Songstress on a mission to expose world to Jewish melodies

columns

• Celebrity Jews

• We cling to memory, as we can never see enough of those most dear

• Celebrity Jews

• Remains of S.F. synagogue continue to haunt

• Jokes

• A leader must put concern for others before self-pride

opinions & letters

• Letters

• The new j. — one Rosh Hashanah later:

  editorial

• The good, the bad and the ugly of the new year:

  editorial

• Rosh Hashanah is easy — the everyday stuff is tough

• Like it or not, High Holy Days often mean conflict:

  a local voice

• Letters

lifecycles

• Unveiling

• Deaths

• Engagement

• B’nai Mitzvah

• Birth