cover story

• ‘Black Sabbath’: ‘The secret musical history of black-Jewish relations’ at the CJM

news & features

• Agencies breathe easier after Medicaid funding extended

• Jewish ‘heroes’ sought for national award

• Free High Holy Day services around the Bay

• S. Bay imam among Muslims visiting Holocaust camps

• Four men and their ‘jpad’ — new Moishe House in Palo Alto

• Parents pledge oath, and now the family is truly all-American

• East Bay lecture series returns with Turks, Anne Frank, Kabbalah, cinema and more

• Jews For Fun hosting Rosh Hashanah bash at S.F. Fairmont

• Jewish response to Pakistan slow, but gaining momentum

• Two sides feverishly dig up supporting evidence on imam

• JCC leader advising couple behind Islamic center

• Bloggers pin ‘liberal conspiracy’ tag on Einstein theories

• Abbas: No talks if Israel ends freeze on new settlements

• Netanyahu: Peace ‘difficult but possible’

• Hip-hop artist turned Orthodox killed in Brooklyn

• Knicks’ Stoudemire practicing Judaism

• Jewish support for GOP up, poll says

• In trying to satisfy everyone, peace talks may go nowhere

• Conservative Israeli group loses evangelical backing

• Israel police want Olmert to stand trial

• Palestinians say Gaza mail not being delivered

• NBA’s Howard to hold Israel basketball clinic

• Lebanon allowing refugees to work

• Ehud Barak names new military chief of staff

• Letter campaign for Shalit launched

• Israeli soldiers probed for looting flotilla ships

• Hebrew U. professor garners top math prize

• Art stolen by Nazis back in Austria after ownership feud

• Small shoot to give Anne Frank tree new life

• Pig’s head left at Lithuanian synagogue

• Hitler likely had Jewish, African roots

• Jews elected to new Australian parliament

• German tombstones knocked down

• Norway divests from 2 Israeli companies

• Jewish activist wins Australia peace award

• N.Y. Jew ordered back to Peru prison

• Russia refusing to return rebbe’s library

• Dr. Ruth, in Israel, has more than sex on her mind

• Jazz musician to reprise Yiddish album with a Latin beat

• Mathis calls his ‘Kol Nidre’ record a rediscovered ‘pearl’

• Joseph Gitin, world’s oldest Reform rabbi, dies at 104

arts

• Jewish mother, Chinese daughter at heart of ‘Mommy’ doc

• ‘Balfour’ unearths historic roots of Mideast conflict

• Larry King to host Chabad telethon

• Handcrafted Jewish ritual objects wanted for new book

• Burning Man after dark inspires Jewish S.F. artist’s ticket design

columns

• Make our own pickles,  save the (old) world

• Basket offerings of fruit represent our gratitude and a life of abundance

• Emmy time, PERFORMERS ...

• And the winner is ...,  A cry for help

cook

• Remembering Salonika with dandelion, oregano

opinions & letters

• Settlement activity makes Israel’s intentions clear

• Stakes are too high for peace talks to fail this time

• letters

• Peace talks are better than current stalemate

lifecycles

• b’nai mitzvah

• birth

• deaths

supplements

• Folk wisdom on the menu, next to the fish heads

• Slow-cooking, hearty cholent a filling meal before the fast

• Avishai’s fish soup