news & features

• David Highiet, a founder of Temple Isaiah, dies

• Satmar rebbe dies in N.Y. at 91

• Influential rabbi, scholar Arthur Hertzberg dies at 84

• Shorts: U.S.

• Congress, civil rights commission back campus accountability

• Shorts: World

• Shorts: Mideast

• March of the Living

• Olmert finishing blueprint for mammoth Cabinet

• Peretz has much to prove as a military leader

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Haganah fighter tells story of early statehood

• Survivors honored in emotional Capitol ceremony

• Ex-AIPAC staffers say Condi leaked them classified info

• TWO VIEWS: Immigrants or criminals?

• B’nai mitzvahs

• Film

• Panel delivers visceral message on Darfur at Oakland temple

• A walking history lesson looks back

arts

• Novato brush salesman and actor leads a “Fuller” life

• Shorts: The arts

• 100 percent Jewish, 100 percent Arab, 100 percent Brooklyn

• Book of women’s prayers is unexpected hit in Israel

• Jewish day school kids try a twist on ‘Oliver’

• Palo Alto grad student gets a lesson in Texas life, 1860s style

• ‘Fiddler’ comes to roost on Mount Tam

• Surreal Tel Aviv ballet-circus troupe swings into S.F.

columns

• Faces

• Judaism’s position on sex: It’s a mitzvah

• Jokes

• Like the kohen, view the whole person — the blemish and the light

opinions & letters

• Protecting immigration rights is our duty as empathetic Jews

• There must be boundaries to pursuing the American Dream

• Deporting millions won’t solve border problem

• Failing to get the word out in the information age

• Letters

lifecycles

• Deaths

• B’nai mitzvahs

• Birth

supplements

• Camp Guide

• Bitter pill for boomers facing shortage of geriatric specialists

• Large-print living will

• Hotline helps seniors navigate Medicare drug plan

• Home lighting can help aging eyes

• Common-sense precautions can avert scams

• Preparation is key to getting the most from doctor’s visit

• Public transit ill-prepared for future users

• To appreciate the aging process, live wisely while you’re young

• Poetry is good for the soul, therapeutic for problems

• ‘Best time to prepare health directive is now’