news & features

• Finding their own way: How adult children of interfaith couples come to Judaism

• Shorts: Mideast

• Abdel Shafi, Palestinian negotiator

• Kurt Julius Goldstein, survivor

• Australia’s oldest Jewish soldier dies at 99

• Local and national interfaith resources

• Little research yields mixed results

• Federations pressed for more funding for Birthright

• Jewish groups front and center at rally against Ahmadinejad

• Israel-Qatar meeting bright spot at U.N. conference

• Shorts: World

• Marceau beloved for artistry, helping WWII orphans

• Did Stalin have a Jewish wife and stepdaughter?: Intrigue and speculation follow release of letter

• Hunger in the United States

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Palestinian imagery stays in mural — but commission orders it toned down

• Under the sea: Frozen gas reserves spur partnership between Stanford, Haifa universities

• Musician’s lawyer promises to appeal jail sentence, probation

• In S.F., authors restate case against Israel lobby

• Celebrity Jews: Dylan goes to shul

• Crocs — the new Jew shoe

• ‘Rally Rabbis’ selling like latkes on eBay

• b’nai mitzvah

• benefits &  social events

• Survivor’s Holocaust stories published posthumously

• Could you live on $3 a day?: Emanu-El rabbi tries eating on food stamp budget for a week

• East Bay Jews take sukkah-building to the ‘extreme’

arts

• MVFF spotlights Jewish-themed movies

• Shorts: Arts

• Comedian will rail to the chief at Bush Going Away Party

• San Jose director knocks on wood with feature film debut

• Israeli films in Mill Valley touch kids, adults

columns

• When (bad) Jews are in the news

• Sukkot is about joy,  imperfection and striving toward peace

cook

• Suggestions for the shelter and warmth of the sukkah

opinions & letters

• Let Ahmadinejad speak — and show his true colors

• The optimists win — pope is reaching out to Jews

• Best advice: Ignore McJihad and his testy road show

• Pitching in Israel was a ball

• Letters

lifecycles

• deaths

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