news & features

• Graduating from misery:

  Senior beats lifetime of addiction and violence, earns a B.A. and finds true happiness

• After 13 years in Bay Area, Rabbi Goodman heads for N.Y.

• Israel’s day by the bay

• Shorts: U.S.

• Pentagon denying clearance to Americans with ties to Israel

• Bush convinces Olmert to work with Abbas

• Shorts: World

• Jewish ‘Antiques Roadshow’ rolls through Toronto

• Shorts: Mideast

• Iraqi boycott of Israel ‘a step in the wrong direction’

• Olmert: Convergence is ‘Zionism’s lifeline’

• Russians learn about their Jewish heritage

• Reform rabbi conducts lesbian ceremony, Chabad calls for boycott

• Santa Rosa Jewish volunteer accused of embezzlement

• Torah study from dusk ‘til dawn

• East Bay foundation makes giving personal

• Gideon Hausner students earn $52,000 for charity

• Poland’s former president speaks to Jews, Poles in S.F.

• Wiesel reflects on Darfur and ‘never again’

• On Shavuot, dedicate yourself to Jewish education

• Veteran Marin district attorney retires to Israel

• Film

• Jewish teens bring Seeds of Peace alumni to Bay Area schools

• South Bay minyan celebrates Sephardic heritage at hiloula

• The birdmen of Israel

arts

• Shorts: The Arts

• Holocaust documentary filming in Ukraine

• ‘Japanese Schindler’ immortalized in opera

• Israeli author Amos Oz captivates crowd at Emanu-El

• A Ritchie Boy remembers outfoxing Germans in WWII

columns

• Faces

• How my Shabbat challah became the bread of affliction

• Jokes

• On the eve of Shavuot, let the Torah teach us to live as a community

cook

• Israel has a green thumb for fresh and savory salads

opinions & letters

• Burn the midnight oil with a Torah study session

• New U.S. anti-Semitism ambassador has a big job ahead

• Jews don’t know enough about their religion

lifecycles

• Deaths

• Births

supplements

• Floating museum comes to port

• Ethiopians taking steps to climb socioeconomic ladder

• Israeli labs yield exotic tastes with new crops

• Pre-army program gives disadvantaged teens a leg up

• How soccer almost ruined a lazy Shabbat afternoon

• Old Jaffa becoming the darling of real estate investors

• Teva Pharmaceuticals is Israel’s rising star

• Airline deals let tourists fly high with low fares

• New hot spot for stargazing

• S.F. doc helps Israelis train in U.S.

• Community members honored for ‘extraordinary’ efforts

• How to get to Yerba Buena Gardens

• Many wait a long time for first visit to the Holy Land

• Israeli percussionist brings kids together

• Backgammon tourney for peace

• Tongue twisters: Actors to perform in many languages

• Israeli pop stars to tour U.S.

• Shuk showcases Judaic artisans

• Scavenger hunt for young adults

• A year of tumultuous changes, a year of promise

• Road to peace will have plenty of diversions for families

• Fun, sun and something more at this year’s ‘Gardens’