news & features

• Shorts: Mideast in crisis

• Some soldiers want to freeze sperm before entering Lebanon

• Tisha B’Av ceremony takes theme from current crisis

• Young Judaea teens see war firsthand

• War gives Bronfman Youth Fellows different look at Israel

• Diller Teens bring Israeli friends to the Bay

• Survivor Tauba Gimpel; ‘adopted grandma’ for many

• McKinney loss not blamed on Jews — for a change

• Shorts: World

• Israeli reservists think of home while fighting in Lebanon

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Shalom run! Giants to host Jewish heritage night

• Jewish pedal pushers unite to fight MS

• Palo Alto campus’ 90-year-old landscape architect exits project

• Local Jewish blog attempts to unite community

• Lieberman loss leaves many Jewish voters with divided loyalties

• B’nai mitzvah

• Campers get serious about immigrants rights

• Shul gives roar of approval for ‘Zoo Rabbi’

arts

• ‘Silence’ is Gold: Etchings from acclaimed Argentinean artist

• Shorts: The Arts

• War doesn’t deter singer from peacenik concerts in Israel

• Late-in-life romance isn’t a day at the ‘Beach’

• Young, restless and Jewish

• An author’s response

• Mel Gibson and me

• Some Jewish groups are eager to enlighten Gibson after apology

columns

• How I spent my summer vacation — in German class

• Faces

• Jokes

• Food and Torah: We need both to satisfy our deepest cravings

cook

• Fresh fruit tarts top film-fest party at home

opinions & letters

• Israel must keep fighting, in spite of uncertainties

• Aftermath of a shooting:

  I choose compassion, tolerance and life — and so, I came to work

• This war is the latest mistake for Israel

• Buber’s vision of a just Israel should be our guide

• Suddenly, Israel is a parent’s ultimate dilemma

• Letters

lifecycles

• Weddings

• Anniversary

• B’nai mitzvah

• Births

• Deaths

supplements

• Appetizers only? Caterers get creative

• Classes offered on Jewish parenting

• A wedding gift that keeps on giving

• Writer offers ways to make b’nai mitzvah chic — and spirited

• A moving memoir: One family’s journey to Israel

• Non-Orthodox men learning mikvah isn’t all wet

• Israelis nod their heads to choice — at least for kippahs

• Sharing the joy with a ‘mitzvah shower’

• Hadassah book brings soul into healing

• Bar mitzvah at camp a dream come true for Pleasant Hill boy

• Families let their creativity flow in welcoming baby girls