news & features

• Bombs, bias, tolerance greet award-winner in Israel

• Israeli journalist Zeev Schiff dies

• Shorts: U.S.

• GOP scrambles to explain opposition to Israel aid

• At Russian summer camps, U.S. Jews find a common tongue

• Shorts: World

• Blair’s experience could prove to be baggage

• Chabad marks Rebbe’s death

• Sexy photo spread sparks outrage

• Summit exposes key differences

• Fires scar valley after parade

• U.S. federations back Jerusalem gay center

• Gay marchers, haredi protesters square off

• Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit comes to San Diego

• Be a better you, be a better Jew: Mussar can help, author says

• Speech tournament conflicts with Passover

• Under pressure, U.C. moves move-in day off High Holy Days

• It’s official: Area’s two Shoah organizations are one

• Shoah memorial on track — literally — at Sonoma State

• Adieu, pews — Beth Ami undergoes overdue revamp

• First-time author gathers dozens of how-we-met stories

• Sexy photo spread sparks outrage

• After eight years, Palo Alto OKs eruv

• Tie Dayenu: Still feelin' groovy 40 years after the summer of love

• In Russian, with love, for Jewish Home Alzheimer’s patients

• B’nai mitzvah

• Miracle victory for Israeli baseball

• Boy’s first haircut a mitzvah that shapes his future

arts

• Book explores Jewish-Christian schism through Christian Bible writings

• Even this material girl can’t bring a good shul down

• Hunks and lovers enthrall ‘Gorgeous!’ ladies

• Notes speak louder than words in music documentaries

columns

• Celebrity Jews

• My favorite stories of the year — plus a couple of screw-ups

• Jokes

• Our opening prayer reminds us to keep our ‘tents’ welcoming

opinions & letters

• Freeing Palestinian prisoners is a big gamble

• Israel is better off staying out of there

• An immodest proposal — take it back now

• TWO VIEWS: Gaza: Was pullout a mistake?

• Sexy women won’t sell a state

• Letters

lifecycles

• Weddings

• engagement

• B’nai mitzvah

• births

supplements

• Family retreat aims to invigorate b’nai mitzvah preparation

• New online source for interfaith couples

• How to plan a stress-free shower

• A guide to getting your registry right

• ‘Who are you wearing?’ Designers cross over with dresses fit for the aisle — or not

• The bride’s ultimate accessory? The headpiece

• TWO VIEWS: Is tying the knot — in Israel, at least — just a little bit too tight?

• How to find the ‘happily ever after’:

  Wedding Web site shows the way

• Let the portrait of your marriage be a work in progress

• Cooking up a 5-star Shabbat

• Cooking up a 5-star Shabbat

• Israel on the rise as a destination-wedding site

• A new kind of Judaica:

  ‘‘Being Jewish can be fun, stylish and kitschy’’

• Attention, moms: Here’s your guide to Shabbat

• Here’s a ‘must read’ for any interfaith couple