news & features

• Psychologist: Boys from single mother, lesbian families turn out fine: According to research psychologist Peggy Drexler, boys will be boys, whether dad''s around or not.

• Russian emigres get first taste of Judaism in Israel

• Rosel Schlachter, wife of synagogue president, dies at 92

• S.F. activist and philanthropist, Betty Leland, dies at 97

• Robert’s records reveal opinions on Jewish issues

• In Nicaraguan city, ‘Cemeterio Ysrelita’ is testament to Jewish history

• Shorts: World

• Hold the pork: Brazil''s cooks reinvent national dish for kosher appetites

• Shorts: Bay Area

• $150,000 is missing; Tiburon police investigate ex-Kol Shofar employee

• Kol Shofar plans major makeover, but some neighbors are wary

• Looted Picasso nets Oakland man $6.5 million

• Bay Area teens on a roll at Maccabi Games

• Tribal impulse: Jews rock, too

• Teens learn philanthropic ropes

• Music

• B’nai Mitzvah

• Theatre

• At Sherith Israel’s pajama party, tots get their say

• JCC exhibit celebrates Jewish Soviet army veterans

• ‘Real estate miracle’ happens for Noe Valley Chabad

arts

• Jewish artists mapping the soul, mining for trash

• ‘Sandbox’ an incoherent tale of forbidden love and female circumcision

• Jewish American Idol at Palo Alto festival

• All in the family: Casting gimmick in ''Talent'' does not a film make

• Magnes opening quartet of new exhibits

columns

• All mitzvot are of equal importance to the Divine and our lives

• Faces

• Sin or shin? Cracking Hebrew code in a day

• Jokes

• Jews must find a way to live as one people

cook

• Perfectly cooked grilled veggies for summer entertaining

opinions & letters

• Two Views:
  Who really won in the disengagement battle?

• Post-Gaza: Watching and waiting:

  editorial

• Sanctity of civil liberties restored during peacetime

• Factions on Capitol Hill prep for post-Gaza battle

• Pullout puts Palestinians in a state of uncertainty

• Letters

lifecycles

• Births

• Deaths

• Weddings

• B’nai Mitzvah

supplements

• Stanford is a magnet for Jewish music:

  Arts & culture

• Best ways to preserve that special day

• Insightful guide on having a baby — the religious way

• It’s not just the diamond that dazzles

• Getting creative with vows:

  Personalized weddings add ‘‘humor and real-life stuff’’

• Sage advice from ‘dream student’ to her aging teacher

• With this ring I thee wed

• Updated ‘Jewish Home’ is useful guide to modern living

• Strategies for a joyous simcha — even when divorce is a factor