cover story

• Synagogue by the sea: North Coast Jews build spirited community in the redwoods

news & features

• Passions ignite as LGBT leaders seek common voice

• Jewish groups send critical letter to U.C. president

• Federation slashes jobs, reduces allocations in face of shortfall

• Berkeley natives tap media to speed foster care reform

• New director brings a wee bit o’ Scotland to JCCSF

• Pro-Israel activists cited at S.F. protest against Israel

• Trip invigorates local efforts to strengthen ties between blacks, Jews

• Community pride at foundation of Sinai’s new building

• Jewish Agency plans key office for N.Y.

• SoCal agencies form alliance

• ‘Son of Hamas’ granted asylum

• Rubashkin attorneys file dual appeal

• Divorcing couple must erect wall

• Leaders hail ‘unbreakable’ bond but offer little insight

• Pot in Holy Land in short supply, expensive

• IDF: Gaza war troops to be disciplined

• Report: Abbas offers Western Wall

• Israel releases Gaza goods blacklist

• Oakland activist’s case to get another look

• Flotilla panel lands expanded authority

• Israel divided as masses march for release of captive solder

• New film exposes India’s fascination with Hitler

• Dutch consider using ‘decoy Jews’

• Israeli ex-pilot defaces Warsaw Ghetto wall

• Spanish toy store removes Rummikub

• New York philanthropist Joan Arnow dies at 80

• Yehuda Benasouli, Madrid’s former chief rabbi

arts

• ‘What’s Cookin’ with Josh Kornbluth

• Drop-in arts lab under way at CJM

• Going coastal: Israeli artists get their own show in Half Moon Bay

• Putting whimsy into the ordinary: CJM exhibit showcases Maira Kalman’s unique take on life

columns

• I am not commanded by God to hear the vuvuzela — or am I?

• It’s Jewish movie time, Huggable heroes, Author, author

• The things we do ‘religiously’ should enrich us spiritually

cook

• Kosher recipes from the South? You ain’t just whistlin’ ‘Dixie’

opinions & letters

• Hamas isn’t Israel’s brother; Israel isn’t Gaza’s keeper

• One era ends, another begins for underappreciated Magnes Museum

• letters

• Federation cuts must be viewed as a challenge to do better

lifecycles

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• engagements

• b’nai mitzvah

• birth