news & features

• Jews and the Supreme Court:

  Second vacancy raises stakes on church vs. state

• Terror fears haunt L.A. for High Holy Days

• He’s a rabbi in Tucson, but he’s living in Israel

• Ghosts don’t scare off Chabad — for now

• Shorts: Mideast

• Shorts: World

• Katrina crisis could hamper aid to Israel

• Praised on world stage, Sharon faces upheaval in his own party

• Israel’s Muslim honeymoon?:

  Post-withdrawal, Arab hostility may be waning

• Palestinian surgeon predicts disengagement won’t be enough

• Shorts: Bay Area

• ‘Listening project’ seeks local delegates to Israel

• S.F. planning commission green-lights Beth Sholom plans

• New Hillel director: milker, shaker and mover

• Terrorism by the numbers:

  Stanford professor exposes holes in national disaster-prevention

• ‘Next year in Black Rock City’

• German who fought for Hitler ‘happier man’ as a Jew

• COVER STORY:
  Recovery:

  Jews pitch in to aid hurricane survivors

• B’nai Mitzvah

• Music

• Theatre

• S.F. woman embraces genetic disease to fight it

• Local AJCommittee — 60 years of getting things done quietly

arts

• The ‘but’ man:

  Writer goes for the ‘‘not-what-you-think factor’’

• ‘Baxter’ marries intellect and comedy on screen

• One song, 15 languages

• Yeshiva student-turned-actor ready for prime time

• ‘My Folks’ a feel-good Hallmark card

• Writer goes ‘behind the scenes’ of WWII

• Jewish fare at Toronto film fest

• Bio portrays Sharon as ‘Israeli patriot’ for young adults

• ‘That Sounds Kosher’: Some rock, some schlock, find it in overstock

• A boy named Shirley: Genius shines through in compilation of columnist''s career

columns

• Celebrity Jews

• Sisterhood thrives at Jewish day camps

• Jokes

• Nobody’s perfect: Finding the beauty in making mistakes

cook

• What to do when there are a gazillion things your kid won’t eat

opinions & letters

• Responding to Katrina:

  editorial

• Lessons from the hurricane:

  Let’‘s rebuild the world, not point fingers

• Incompetent response to Katrina demands Jewish vigilance

• In the wake of disaster, there is also a wave of opportunity:

  a local voice

• Letters

lifecycles

• Deaths

• Engagements

• B’nai Mitzvah

supplements

• Water world at Palo Alto’s Campus for Jewish Life

• A way to ‘J-Connect’ — in the streets and online

• Water walk:

  Festival to raise funds for Negev reservoir

• Interfaith Q&A reaches out to unaffiliated Jews

• A bit of Havana, and a bit of ‘Negillah’

• New guild promises connections, community for Jewish artists

• The silk trade and the paper route:

  Artists convey strong messages through delicate media

• ‘Living in harmony’ student art coming to festival

• Rabbis roll up their sleeves, roll out kosher barbecue

• And just for the older crowd …

• Would-be Jewish American Idols compete for stardom

• Chai times are expected at the To Life! festival

• A funny thing will happen on the way to Palo Alto