news & features

• Rachel Safdie, fourth-generation Shanghai Jew

• Meyer Scher, peddler turned welder turned lawyer

• Joby Shinoff, longtime j. staffer, dies at 60

• Holocaust survivor and Hebrew teacher Goldie Rassen dies at 93

• Ernie Alexander, quintessential ‘working man,’ selfless volunteer

• Shorts: U.S.

• Baseball founder faces fraud suit

• Study: women sway family’s religion

• Holocaust hero accused of con

• Orthodox criticism of Olmert foreshadows left-right showdown

• Bush supplies major Annapolis surprise

• Shorts: Mideast

• Shorts: World

• Swastika carved into girl’s skin

• Anne Frank tree spared for now

• Hezbollah, Latin-style?: Analysts say terrorists making inroads outside the Middle East

• Israeli leaders use Annapolis to burnish their political images

• Shorts: Bay Area

• Fired up for Chanukah

• Israel means business for 2008 federation mission

• Scramble to raise million to save Camp Swig

• Good news for bawdy Jews: Duo heading to San Francisco

• B’nai Mitzvah

• Calendar

• Fired up for Chanukah

• Lecture series intent on strengthening dialogue

• At 75, pharmacist still just what doctor ordered

• Ex-cabbie tells of bumps and grinds on streets of San Francisco

arts

• Good news for bawdy Jews: Duo heading to San Francisco

• Marin jazz prodigy plays his horn of plenty with Israeli ensemble

• Israel’s ‘Springsteen’ brings peace, love, harmony to KQED

columns

• Faces

• Jews who cruise: I’m now a member of the floating faithful

• Jokes

• When the world is dark, make light

cook

• Savor this book, and its delectable recipes, this holiday season

opinions & letters

• Chanukah, Annapolis and miracles

• Eight ways to green your Chanukah

lifecycles

• B’nai Mitzvah

• Deaths

• Weddings

• Births