cover story

• Flotilla waves hit S.F.: Raid on Gaza-bound ship sends political ripples throughout the world

news & features

• Joe Biden defends Israel’s actions

• Transgender rabbi brings ‘joy and energy’ to Beth El

• Rancor at S.F. demonstration; community braces for more

• URJ Camp Newman will host a summer session for Jewish kids with autism

• Lafayette program brings fresh produce to local families

• Area teens raise $176,000 for international causes

• Synagogue’s homespun podcasts are heard worldwide

• Retiring head of Sinai chapel praised for ‘comforting spirit’

• Haifa and San Francisco: Simpatico sister cities look to reconnect

• New ‘buying club’ for kosher meats

• Free workshops target unemployed

• Brandeis Hillel displays student designs

• Marin JCC preschool cited for excellence

• Service day to help needy S.F. residents

• Israel in the Gardens set for Sunday

• Muslim-Jewish dialogue increases, report says

• Jewish men’s club offers to fix bombed mosque

• S.F. cartoonist at White House for Jewish heritage shindig

• Maryland woman loses eye during Israel protest

• Groups on left, right weigh in on confrontation

• Netanyahu postpones visit to White House

• Israeli raid could alter Obama’s strategy in Mideast

• MK attacked for being on Gaza-bound ship

• Israel says ‘no’ to independent probe 

• Hamas refuses aid from flotilla ships

• Netanyahu: Flotilla was no ‘love boat’

• Raid sends shock waves of debate across Israel

• Israel faces barrage of world criticism in flotilla raid

• Israel pins blame on armed flotilla’s intent to provoke

• TWO VIEWS: Was Israel justified in flotilla raid?

• Berlin Jews rally for Israel in Facebook campaign

• Deutsche Bank divests from Israeli firm

• New Zealand bans kosher slaughtering of animals

• Torah scrolls stolen from Antwerp synagogue

• Turkish leader: Israel testing our patience

• Israel expels all activists by midweek

• Thousands of Gazans rush for Egyptian border

• More ships to head for Gaza

• Pro-IDF rallies sweep Israel

• Amnesty report cites shortages in Gaza and ‘extreme poverty’

• Rahm Emanuel’s son celebrates bar mitzvah in Old City

arts

• Israel has middling finish in Eurovision contest

• Comedy Central removes offensive video game

• Israeli art detectives crack forgery riddle

• Bad Jews chase illicit drug gelt in ‘Holy Rollers’

• Berkeley novelist immerses self in story of looted art

columns

• Two Jewish cousins, worlds apart, reunited thanks to … bacon?

• The early shift, Bimah-bound, A transformative experience

• ‘L’chaim’ isn’t just a toast — it’s a blessing and a gift for loved ones

cook

• However it’s sliced, meat loaf is definition of true comfort food

opinions & letters

• Peace activists? No way; those aboard provoked and then ambushed

• Getting into a bloody confrontation further illustrates leaders’ stupidity

• letters

• Cold, hard facts stand on their own in spite of world criticism

lifecycles

• b’nai mitzvah

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