news & features

• E. German spymaster Markus Wolf examined Jewish roots in later years

• Robert Mendle, physician, community activist, dies at 59

• Senate’s next majority leader a solid friend of Israel

• Free speech flap builds as Brown U. cancels pro-Israel speaker

• Shorts: World

• Shorts: Mideast

• In Israeli-Palestinian conflict, peace plans abhor a vacuum

• Israel backers say no need to worry about Iraq report

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Osher Marin JCC nearing completion of yearlong upgrade

• Kol Shofar optimistic about revised building proposal

• Day school music teacher denies charges of lewd acts with student

• Israel denies report it illegally seized land for settlements

• Sunday more than super for Jewish federations

• The voice of Israel: Marin native is Olmert''s press pro

• B’nai mitzvah

• Film

• Historian analyzes Israel’s past wars — and his own

• Authors turn up the volumes at Koret Jewish Book Awards

• Co-op links young, independent Jewish professionals

arts

• Shorts: The Arts

• S.F. cantor makes the soundtrack of Shabbat

• Kind-hearted singer brings Brooklyn charm to local AIDS benefit

• Survivor’s quilts tell story of Holocaust

columns

• Celebrity Jews

• Am I ‘Jewish-ish,’ or am I just questioning?

• Jokes

• Biblical story of twins can teach us many lessons about love

cook

• Enjoy your turkey in a few new ways, from soup to dessert

opinions & letters

• Whose land is it, anyway?

• TWO VIEWS: Where is Congress headed?

• Ramping up the anti-Iran rhetoric may hurt the cause

• Letters

lifecycles

• Deaths

• B’nai mitzvah

• Births