news & features

• Obituaries

• Shorts: U.S.

• Clamor from Israel lobbyists confusing Congress

• New monument to commemorate 1946 Polish pogrom

• Shorts: World

• Shorts: Mideast

• Peres has fighting words for Iran

• Once thriving, India’s Jewish community lacks numbers

• No Russians in the Cabinet means trouble for Olmert

• Warren Buffett boosts Israel economy with mega-investments

• Lecture features analyst-author

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Consortium of Jewish groups to aid Israeli Arabs’ plight

• Beth Am’s rabbi emeritus reflects on a long career

• Janet Berg retires after 30 years with San Jose federation

• Yeashore fighting proposed beach bonfire ban

• OImert’s brother regales teens at Kehillah

• ‘Gonzo prophets’ look for God

• Master mind: JCCSF fest marks 150th birthday of Sigmund Freud

• A hundred years of helping others

• Brit milah

• B’nai mitzvah

• Film

• Former hoops star LaVon Mercer dribbles through Bay Area

arts

• Shorts: The Arts

• ‘Solomon’ thrillingly recounts Ethiopian aliyah

• Israeli painter’s landscapes come to Bay Area

• Silicon Valley gets a taste of Israel in film fest

• Rabbi brings klezmer to sanctuary with synagogue jazz band

• Israeli rappers take on Torah, politics and ‘the situation’

columns

• Torah study is good for the brain — and for making new friends

• Faces

• Jokes

• Do our outer flaws make us less holy?

cook

• At Shabbat meal, cook up wedding blessings

opinions & letters

• Investing in the Holy Land hits appropriate high

• Honor thy mother, even if she’s a meddler

• Mothers, don’t take teen rejection personally

• Zionism — our word, not theirs

• Letters

lifecycles

• unveiling

• Deaths

• Wedding

• Engagement

• Brit milah

• Births

• B’nai mitzvah

supplements

• ‘Marriage meeting’ workshop

• Kids can add unpredictable element to the big day

• Secrets (and yearnings) of a bar mitzvah teacher

• Theme to end them all: the shtetl bar mitzvah

• Vintage attire adds panache

• When having babies isn’t exactly a blessing

• New Web site for armchair planning

• Popular books revive memories of b’nai mitzvah

• Dream weddings don’t have to mean debt nightmares

• Don’t ever rule out Israel for your lifecycle event

• Redecorating can reinvigorate holiday festivities