cover story

• China’s Jewish dynasty: Local Jews recall a childhood in the Far East

news & features

• Jewish-themed events a big part of yearlong celebration

• S.F. federation: We won’t fund anti-Israel programming

• Survivor, former Hitler Youth link up for chat in Piedmont

• Women of the Wall founder laments lack of freedom in Israel

• Israel’s go-to guy tells how he brought rescue team to Haiti

• Warriors’ Jewish night a success; next up is ‘Purim with Omri’

• ‘Russian from the inside’: For young émigrés here and elsewhere, American Jewish community isn

• Reform rabbis gathering in S.F.

• Advocate to shed light on elder abuse in Beth Am talk

• CJM announces deputy director for development

• Day of learning fetes young teachers

• Lodi Christian school to compete in Israeli robotics competition

• PJA director ‘steps sideways’; interim director starts soon

• S.F. consulate gives ‘Righteous’ title to woman who hid and saved little boy

• Jewish public policy leaders debate: Can we talk civilly?

• Man jailed for scrawling ‘Hitler’ on teen

• Jewish student groups reject boycott call

• Israelis working at the mall: copacetic or illegal?

• Shalit’s dad: U.S. holding up deal

• PM’s wife refutes housekeeper claims

• Israeli travelers asked to do PR

• Soldiers clash with upset Palestinians

• Pe’er falls in Dubai tennis semifinals

• Kotel gets supply of nylon kippahs

• Report: Former spy for Israel is son of Hamas leader

• Wiesenthal Center: cemetery twist

• Under fire for Dubai, Mossad chief too valuable to take fall

• Jewish ice dancer from Michigan wins silver

• Jerusalem-born designer shows his Olympic mettle

• Students to counter Apartheid Week

• Scholars ask pope to delay sainthood

• March of Living to honor survivors

• Survey: Many young Italians are racists

• Israeli rehab experts travel to Haiti

• Holocaust expert describes Sobibor in Demjanjuk trial

• Jon Galinson, super dad and a man of ‘deep goodness,’ dies

• Florida businessmen arrested for financing Hezbollah

• U.S. trade watchdog drops Israel from watch list

• Gore fund invests in Israeli startup for safe driving

• Rubashkin in-law accused of financial wrongdoing

• Popular Israeli rabbi, politician dies at 93

• S.F. federation: We won’t fund anti-Israel programming

arts

• German-Israeli relationship documented in personal film

• Historians recount how U.S. came to recognize Israel

• The new Hollywood Jew?: Audiences, academics debate portrayals in two best picture nominees

• Admirer of Jews writes book about ‘stunning’ cultural success

• A look in the ‘Mirror’: Israeli actors will bring audience anecdotes to life in Berkeley

columns

• Baby name accord: somewhere between Shlomo and Gustav

• Big things can be revealed when you look past the mask

• Bye bye Broadway, Man of honor, Bigotry 101, Short shorts ...

cook

• Get hip to the bean scene by partaking of the amazing lentil

opinions & letters

• letters

• Tears, hugs and eye-opening moments at Demjanjuk trial

• Jewish-Jewish dialogue is what we need

• Federation’s new funding guidelines should please everyone

lifecycles

• b’nai mitzvah

• births

• deaths

supplements

• Liam Neeson takes sons to Shoah memorial

• Musical weaves Passover story with recovery

• Middle East poetry forum on tap in Sonoma