cover story

• Disconnect to reconnect: Sabbath Manifesto urges the Google generation to unplug and slow down

news & features

• Three swastikas discovered at U.C. Berkeley residence hall

• Two Bay Area innovators land major fellowship

• U.C. Berkeley senate upholds veto of divest-from-Israel measure, San Diego debates similar bill

• NIF exec says attacks have boosted donations, awareness

• Passionate debate but no accord on chances for peace

• Kidney donor needed to save mother of twins

• JCHS team takes first place in law event

• Ad sends ‘warning’ about federation policy

• 49ers select Jewish safety Taylor Mays

• Jewish groups unite to oppose Arizona immigration law

• Obama administration lavishes Israel with assurances

• Hamas leader condemns Shalit video

• Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate opens after renovation

• Israel won’t confiscate iPads anymore

• Jerusalem mayor denies reports of housing construction freeze

• Far-right Jobbik Party gains in Hungarian vote

• South Africa compares Israeli laws to apartheid

• Gay parade might lose Toronto funding if anti-Israel group invited

• Signs missing from Paris’ Ben-Gurion Square

• Goldstone gets OK to go to bar mitzvah

• Holyland suspect asked about bribes

arts

• Israeli film screening in Silicon Valley

• Beth Israel’s night of spoken word returns May 6 to Berkeley

• Wanted: Jewish Idol contestants

• Actor brings credibility to role as stylish shmata hustler

• Queer subtext in Yiddish writings? Who knew

• Israeli museum unveils rare Renaissance manuscript

• Shooting for the hip: All-night culture festival shines light on Shavuot

• Haunting ‘ghosts’ of camps come to life in JCC exhibit

columns

• Eating tabouleh and falafel eases my hunger for things Jewish

• It takes courage to pursue joy in the face of our pain

• Iron Man squeezed, Birthday notes, ‘Harry Potter’ on Broadway?

• jokes

cook

• Healthy meals for new moms make the best gift

opinions & letters

• Why my meeting with the pope is good for the Jews

• Israel has cause for concern in upcoming British elections

• letters

• New Arizona immigration law an affront to decency

lifecycles

• engagement

• b’nai mitzvah

• deaths

supplements

• Doc touts diet, exercise for brain fitness

• Israeli study focuses on three diets: Want to eat healthy? Go Mediterranean