cover story

• Ritual renegades II

• Ritual renegades: CJM exhibit puts modern spin on traditional objects

news & features

• Cal senators kill divest-from-Israel bill — is plan afoot to introduce a revamped version?

• Yiddish buffs from near and far shlep to Millbrae

• Heritage festival May 2 at Sacramento Capitol

• In Berkeley, author to address his own hunt for Eichmann

• JFCS independent living complex opens

• Bed-racers spring into action for benefit event

• Seminar looks at trauma, stress in immigrant families

• Israeli foodie serves up a hearty earful of native cuisine

• Suspect held in Hollywood synagogue shooting

• Counterdemonstrators beat neo-Nazis in Los Angeles

• Windows smashed at two Jewish businesses in Oakland neighborhood

• Daylong event dissects the Bible — from sacred to sexy

• Iraq vet saves rabbi’s wife at ballpark

• Lezak, Goldberg enter Jewish Hall of Fame

• New Jewish baseball card set the last one?

• Orthodox boxer to defend world title

• Quandary for Jewish leaders: Criticize Obama or defend him?

• Israel’s 2010 population passes 7.5 million

• 3,000 cameras to keep watch on Tel Aviv

• Israeli candy firm signs sweet deal

• Israel bans iPad for Wi-Fi problems

• Jaffa synagogue hit with graffiti

• Hamas executes alleged spies for Israel

• Hillary Clinton reaffirms ties with Israel

• Clinton backs Obama on imposing plan

• New Orleans synagogue rebuilding

• Israel ambassador meets head of J Street

• State Department summons Syria envoy over transfer of arms to Hezbollah

• Hate speech proliferating in social media, online gaming

• UPDATE: Goldstone will attend grandson’s bar mitzvah

• Hungarians protest against anti-Semitism

• Bishop to appeal Holocaust denial fine

• Goodbye to Olmert, hello to future corruption?

• Britain might take in Yemeni Jews

• Israel embassy back in New Zealand

• Sarkozy wants to ban Islamic veils

• Neo-Nazis vandalize school in Kiev

• Auschwitz sign thieves on lam?

arts

• Audio version of Tanach now available

• Teen film documents B’nai Emunah history

• Israel Philharmonic Orchestra quartet to play fundraising musicales in Bay Area

• S.F. film fest to feature Israel, Jewish themes

• The Sh’ma goes gospel: Cantor blends Jewish liturgy with old-time spirituals

columns

• ‘Leave me alone!’  and other tales from the Torah scribe

• Mission possible: Be holy, even if God feels distant

• Walking for a cause, Film in progress, Remembering the Shoah, Short shorts …

cook

• Look at Israel now: trendy cafés, celebrity chefs and even foodies

opinions & letters

• letters

• It’s time to say goodbye, cut off east Jerusalem Arabs

• American Jewry in conundrum over Iran’s nuclear drum-beating

• Right wing’s road to ruin on Israel: ‘You’re either with us or against us’

• Creative energy makes Bay Area a hot spot for Jewish vibrancy

lifecycles

• deaths

• wedding

• b’nai mitzvah

supplements

• Pennsylvania camp serves kids with attention issues

• CD captures spirit of Jewish camp songs

• Camp Tawonga looking to upgrade its 1950s-era kitchen facility

• Mitzvah Corps recruiting high school students for Bay Area summer program

• Students take social action to new level in rough Israeli neighborhoods

• Ready for camp?: When deciding on overnight camp,  weigh kids’ skills and interests

• Beth El family school to hold open house

• New ulpan broadens summer choices

• Weekend camp for special-needs families

• JCC Bridge-K class is for kids who need that extra year

• S.F. Jewish school up for national ‘veg-friendly’ award

• Camp invites kids from multicultural families

• Scholarships giving more kids a taste of Jewish camp

• Young do-gooders do even better thanks to adult mentors