news & features

• In Union Square, 200 pray in solidarity with Women of the Wall

• U.C. Davis snags dynamic, young Talmud scholar

• ‘Start-Up Nation’: Author spreads the word on Israel’s advances

• Koret provides a spark to help invigorate business in the Negev

• APJCC ‘jewbilant’ about expanded Jewish learning festivities

• Where to donate for Haiti relief efforts

• Jewish groups spring into action to aid Haiti

• Jewish antipathy for Palin? Conservatives duke it out

• Rabbi pleads guilty to child endangerment

• Israel to build two fences on porous Egyptian border

• Push to restart peace talks puts heat on Palestinians

• The hummus wars: Israel takes back world record for classic Mideast dish

• Egypt unveils more proof that Jews did not build pyramids

• Prehistoric building found in Tel Aviv

• U.S. adds to arms stockpile in Israel

• Sharp rise in haredi IDF enlistment

• Mumbai Chabad receives threat

• A shanda Down Under: Video of Australian Lubavitchers celebrating on fast day sparks outrage

• Israel to reimbuse U.N. for blown-up Gaza buildings

• Chief rabbis rapped for anti-abortion letter

• Israeli loses in Kiwi tennis tourney amid protests

• Survey: Israel has ‘severe’ image woes

• Israel tests system against Gaza rockets

• Restrictions softened for settlement freeze

• More construction OK’d for E. Jerusalem

• Protector of Anne Frank diary remembered for selfless courage

• Berthold Herpe, Holocaust survivor and Shanghailander, dies at 100

• Renewal rabbi to lead Sonoma Shabbaton

• UnityJam offers mix of klezmer, sufi rock

• Program to shine light on Israel

• Jewish groups, Israel mobilizing aid for Haiti quake

• Israel sending rescue, medical teams to Haiti

arts

• S.F. Jewish Film Festival hires new program director

• Marin JCC book club bringing in authors

• Berkeley filmmaker garners prestigious documentary grant

• Shvitzing on stage: Jewish actor relishes chance to play rabbi at Foster City theater

• Israel’s story — without words: Tel Aviv native puts Israeli artwork on display at local venues

columns

• What did you do in the war, professor? As it turns out, a lot

• Our lives are full of ‘acts of God’ — both tragedies and joys

• Noah, Noah & Noah, Shortz happenings, Have a piece of fruit, and Shorts shorts ...

cook

• The special foods of times past dish out magical memories

opinions & letters

• letters

• It’s all quite clear from J Street’s perspective

• Once unthinkable, a Jewish community thrives in Poland

• Birthright works — here’s what’s ‘Next’

• Haiti earthquake requires our immediate response

lifecycles

• engagement

• b’nai mitzvah

• birth

• deaths

supplements

• Senior services icon bids adieu to JFCS East Bay

• Never too old to say ‘Wee!’: Seniors stay active by using popular Wii video game

• Rhoda Goldman Plaza helps ease trepidation for people moving in

• Talmud for the masses: 73-year-old Israeli rabbi prepares to finish his controversial colossus

• At 85, well-known rabbi returns to the bimah … with a one-man show that includes singing

• Sex and love after 60: Vibrant S.F. author of ‘The Viagra Diaries’ says ‘the desire is always

• Older, wiser and out of work: Finding a job is extra tough for people over 50