news & features

• Pnina Peli, mother of Orthodox feminism, dies

• Shorts: U.S.

• Lieberman’s support of Israel a big issue for Jews

• Stung by GOP ads on Israel, Dems defend their position

• Shorts: World

• Shorts: Mideast

• Iran’s ex-president tied to cultural center bombing

• Israel carefully watching as Russians move in

• Israel mulls branding campaign to counter negative image

• Shorts: Bay Area

• OneVoice peaceniks tout understanding on local campuses

• Jewish lawyer, Palestinian client sue government, win green card battle

• Clownish slapstick trumps sharp satire in ‘Borat’

• Former Bush spokesman charms audience at JCCSF

• Duty calls: Contra Costa Jews make a difference with Super Sunday

• B’nai mitzvah

• Film

• Feel like a failure? Keep it in perspective, says rabbi’s latest book

• Supreme Court justice shares Jewish perspective with Tehiyah students

• Super Sunday spells super romance for S.F. couple

arts

• Sherith Israel celebrates Jewish Book Month

• Shorts: The Arts

• Theodore Bikel to host Koret Book Awards in S.F.

• Contra Costa Book Fest set to begin

• JCCSF celebrates the written word with book fest

• Christian galleries meshugginah for talmudic art exhibit

• Local producer finds cabaret delightful, de-lovely

• A storied career for Koret book prizewinner

• Septuagenarian star has zest for life — and the stage

columns

• Faces

• Grappling with final questions that have no easy answers

• Jokes

• Abraham answered God’s call to perform spiritual “errands”

cook

• ‘Enliten’ yourself with the big book of low-fat kosher Jewish cooking

opinions & letters

• Bay Area taking a page from Jewish Book Month

• Precarious Congress courts Jewish votes — and ire

• Israel’s problem isn’t its leaders — it’s that there’s no solution

• Social action may be our big chance to engage young Jews

• Letters

lifecycles

• unveiling

• Deaths

• Wedding

• B’nai mitzvah