news & features

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Shorts: U.S.

• Was Jack the Ripper a Polish Jew?

• Jewish outpouring for Virginia Tech

• Conservative rabbis told: Build ‘tight communities’

• As Rome’s ghetto becomes hip, Jewish residents squeezed out

• Shorts: Mideast

• Shorts: World

• Historic yeshiva imperiled by funding shortfall

• Peace possibilities take back seat to Winograd fallout

• And the starting lineup for the Miracles is ...

• France’s presidential aspirants stress their Jewish credentials

• As commission excoriates war leaders, Israel ponders what’s next

• Biff Loman, attention must be paid — your soft skills are lacking

• El Cerrito rabbi welcomes all with an open-gate policy

• Jail time for man who triggered pizzeria melee

• Israelis lose faith in government’s competence, historian says

• At long last, Ukrainian Jews unveil Shoah memorial

• Sesame Street back on the map in Israel

• Spider-Man: Spirituality in spandex

• Chai school: Jewish clubs engage teens on their own turf

• B’nai mitzvah

• Film

• School of rock: Kehillah wins KFOX high school band competition

• Polish Jewish community revitalizing, says chief rabbi

• Argentina’s dirty war provides setting for Jewish writer’s new work

arts

• Torturous docudrama draws on hidden Inquisition records

• From its beginnings in a bunker, Etgar Keret’s career has soared

• Activist/comic turns personal pain into laughs

columns

• Celebrity Jews

• Dads and grads: This time, it’s personal

• Jokes

• Spiritual blemishes — not physical ones — warrant examination

cook

• With the right dishes, becoming an adult can be a delicious affair

opinions & letters

• War report’s honesty is heartening

• TWO VIEWS: Does Israel need new leadership?

• Letters

lifecycles

• Deaths

• Engagement

• B’nai mitzvah

• Births

supplements

• Book is mixed on effect of rites of passage

• ‘Rabbi’s rabbi’ offers bird’s-eye view of pastoral counseling

• For bar mitzvah boy, JNF baseball project fits like a glove

• Fancy family reunion for ‘descendants’ of David

• Now there are destination bar and bat mitzvahs:

  Families heading to the Caribbean

• Poll: Circumcision top rite in Israel

• Mitzvah makers

• At home or in community, Shabbat alternatives abound

• Kids tune in, not out, as they prep for b’nai mitzvah