news & features

• Shorts: World

• Poisoned Yuschenko sports kippah, visits shul in Jewish solidarity

• Public trees, Santas may irk Jews, but they’re legal, ADL says

• Palestinian front-runner mends fences with Arab states

• ‘Harry The Horse,’ former Giants catcher, dies at age 93

• Kosher slaughterhouse vows to clean up practices

• Ex-chief rabbi: European Jewry has no future

• Australian anti-Semitic attacks stay at high level, report finds

• ‘Schindler’ author compares Australian detention centers to WWII camps

• Desert thaw:

  Egypt’‘s prisoner release signals hopes for disengagement harmony

• Shinui pullout prompts Sharon to seek Labor coalition again

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Center of Iraqi insurgence may have ancient Jewish ties

• Gay Palestinians say they live in fear

• Newly discovered Warsaw ghetto diary describes last days of uprising

• Renewed AIPAC inquiry conjures questions of allegiance

• COVER STORY:
  How sweet it is: Bay Area Jewish chocolatiers make life more delectable

• Employment

• Tiburon’s Purple Lady pens a children’s book of many colors

• In L.A., holiday trees link Yule, Tu B’Shevat

arts

• ‘Cabaret meets old-world shtetl’:

  Bay Area band improvises on tradition with 1st album

• Brandeis student gets big break in ‘White Christmas’

• Woks and yuks: Eddie Brill headlines three nights of comedy and Chinese food in South Bay

• ‘Matzah Boy’ makes good with new musical

• ‘The Bright River’ fuses mouth magic and hip-hop shtick

columns

• Celebrity Jews

• Pondering the ultimate cliffhanger

• A carefully chosen gift should have lasting value

opinions & letters

• Letters

• Supreme Court prospects trigger church-state separation anxieties

• Is the FBI scapegoating AIPAC?:

  editorial

• Great potato latke fry-off pits mom against daughter

• Exposing dirty laundry — can Israeli press go too far?

• Letters

lifecycles

• B’nai Mitzvah

• Deaths

supplements

• Chanukah memories:

  In first person

• Age is not necessarily the culprit behind sleep problems

• Israel’s elderly beginning to find their voice

• In praise of Grandma — and all her chicken remedies

• Walking tours offer adventure at your own pace

• ‘Family takes care of family’:

  Some grandparents raising kids again

• Whole grains, yogurt, nuts add to healthy diet plan

• Borscht Belt, bubbameisers, Broadway:

  Elderhostel explores Mideast politics, Jewish culture

• From opera star at 20 to impresario at 82:

  Regina Resnik brings Jewish music program to S.F.