news & features

• In democracy he trusts:

  S.F. native sees opening of Arab society as vital to Israel

• Yiddish-club regular Celia Harrison, 106

• Michael Freedland, community builder and Renaissance man, dies at 64

• Shorts: U.S.

• Judge: U.S.-based Islamic charities liable over teen’s shooting

• Bush puts Palestinian statehood at top of second-term agenda

• Two survivors recall horrors of Kristallnacht

• Shorts: Mideast

• Who deserves a break?:

  L.A. couple seeks deduction based on Scientology tax loophole

• Partners for Peace:

  American Israeli activist longs to get back to ‘‘original Zionist vision’’

• Safe at home — for now

• j. reporter wins two ethnic press awards

• Super Sunday strives to break one-day record

• Harvard professor blames Palestinians for their misery

• Stories behind the shots: Stanford exhibits Jewish-themed photos of Ira Nowinski

• Reform youth leaders take back American know-how to ex-USSR

• Music

• All about Eve: Davis author does ''subversive'' take on Bible stories

• Exchanging ideas:
  Palestinian teen living with Jewish family

arts

• Survivor’s art to appear in Los Angeles

• Jewish, Japanese WWII experiences inspire concerts

• The crying Dutchman: Filmmaker explores Amsterdam''s Jewish community devastated by the Holocaust

• ‘Plot Against America’ —
  Philip Roth turned on his head

• Archaeologists search for historical clues in ancient Israeli hideout

columns

• Why we don’t say a blessing when giving tzedakah

• Celebrity Jews

• Testing the waters in the Berkeley hills mikvah

• Jokes

• Being ‘grateful’ to those who maltreat us is never wise

cook

• Favorite nosherei

opinions & letters

• Meeting Arafat brought out my mean streak

• Why celebrate 350 years?:

  editorial

• Kerry lacked an ideology and a record of achievement

• Kristallnacht anniversary drums up memories of U.S. indifference

• Letters

lifecycles

• Wedding

• Births

• Deaths

supplements

• Presents for adults: from artistic to historical to pure whimsy

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