news & features

• Israel presses for action against Islamic Jihad

• Iranian Jewish leader dies

• Professor shaped course of biblical scholarship

• Elias Aelion, 86, survived the Holocaust

• Eric Berger, refugee and owner of N.Y. Fabrics, dies at 93

• Howard Fine, past president of Magnes Museum, 78

• Eugene Friend, civic and Jewish leader, dies at 88

• Shorts: U.S.

• Air Force appoints rabbi as religious tolerance adviser

• Search continues for Arizona rabbi accused of sex abuse

• Divestment battle: Evangelicals blast latest Protestant move against Israel

• Jewish groups swing into action after O’Connor quits

• Shorts: World

• Shorts: Mideast

• Gay pride parade attacker charged

• Facing protests and party rebels, Sharon struggles to stay the course

• Settlers fear new homes won’t be ready

• British Jews rally at G-8 meeting

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Bill would prevent insurers from penalizing Israel visitors

• Going for the gold, or just going: Bay Area athletes head to Maccabiah Games

• j. story takes top prize in Jewish press awards

• COVER STORY:
  San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

• Rabbi, priest and imam spread interfaith message

• Journalist chips away at hidden tales of GI agony

• B’nai Mitzvah

• Music

• To criticize Israel or not — that is the debate

arts

• Lustful Russian soul drives ‘Arye’ to seek redemption

• Teen angst anchors jazzy French period piece

• Minimalist wall painting installed at JCCSF

• Documentary reveals brutal Nazi brain experiments

• Worked to death — the Nazis’ American slaves

• Middle Eastern music is channeled through female quartet

columns

• When we envy others, we begin to unravel

• Faces

• Plagiarism never sounded so good

• Jokes

cook

• Sweet and savory summer soups are very cool

opinions & letters

• Jews rallying against Israel will only cause harm:

  a local voice

• 25 years of artistic integrity:

  editorial

• Education crisis in Israel is a quiet disaster

• Jewish judge sets the tone for U.S. religious policy

• Letters

lifecycles

• Deaths

• Weddings

• B’nai Mitzvah

supplements

• Book chronicles remarkable journey from rogue to rabbi

• ‘Separated at birth’:

  Venture capitalists see gold in Silicon Valley-Israel link

• Business-savvy volunteers pave the way for Palo Alto Jewish campus

• Tax-exempt bonds — fund-raisers’ secret weapon