news & features

• Survivor, Exodus passenger, author Marie Brandstetter dies at 72

• Holocaust museum, S.F. library architect James Freed dead at 75

• Attorneys for ex-AIPAC staffers battling to get paid

• The president’s Chanukah message

• Shorts: U.S.

• Does the clamor for Christmas drown out Chanukah?

• Jewish groups keep watchful eye as schools receive Saudi donations

• Shorts: World

• Austrian exhibit displays anti-Semitic trinkets

• With Netanyahu in charge, Likud likes its chances

• Shorts: Mideast

• Hamas gaining strength as Palestinian parliamentary election nears

• ‘Tevye’ still a smash hit in Ukraine

• Pastor argues for separation of church and hate in Israel

• Jewish Home party goes on despite power outage

• Former treasury secretary Blumenthal to speak in S.F.

• Countering deniers a problem in Armenian and Jewish genocides

• ‘Holocaust overload’ rejected at museum fund-raiser

• Shorts: Bay Area

• JCRC hosts a civil discussion on civil unions

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• Judaism behind bars: Chaplain finds a congregation at San Quentin

• B’nai Mitzvah

• For many patients, comfort caps come in the ‘knit’ of time

arts

• Midwestern Jewish musician rocks with faith

• Kids’ books have different tones, markedly similar significance

• Traditional tunes ‘hang 10’ on surf-rock disc

• Ukrainian artist finds his inner child by making dolls

• English on the rise in Israel’s music scene

• From ‘Venice’ to ‘Munich,’ 2005 was a far-flung year in movies

columns

• Israel needs nukes as long as its enemies call for destruction

• Jokes

cook

• If fried isn’t your fancy, try Chanukah dairy treats

opinions & letters

• Chanukah gives us a chance to reflect on an eventful year

• Community resurgence will require new, progressive initiatives

lifecycles

• Deaths

• B’nai Mitzvah