cover story

• Elsie Rich of Santa Rosa is turning 110 — she’s among the oldest Jews in the world!

news & features

• JCC San Francisco creates, fills new job: chief Jewish officer

• Conference offers teaching tools on Judaism, Israel

• Community to gather in San Francisco for Tisha B’Av

• Bay Area Talmud Circle to gather in East Bay

• S.F. Jewish Film Festival panel tackles fiery issues — minus the ‘Rachel’ hysteria

• JCC East Bay to celebrate a bygone Jewish love holiday

• S.F. court victory doesn’t put circumcision issue to rest — yet

• On visit to S.F., Israeli diplomat-turned-critic fires darts at Israel’s leadership

• Maccabi Games competition entices U.S. teens to travel to Israel

• Fans get menorahs, but Giants fail to kindle the victory lights on Jewish Heritage Night

• Reports say Israel taking steps to restart peace negotiations

• Protesters in Israel demand a more just economic system

• Israeli cyclist ends international odyssey

• Israel to extradite Bosnian Serb

• Gas pipeline attacked for fifth time

• Israeli crime boss dies in drive-by shooting

• Budget cuts force JFCS to ax vital San Francisco center for elderly

• Ambassador: Obama might visit Holy Land

• Aide denies Israel offered asylum to Mubarak

• Suspect in Itamar murders convicted

• Israeli, Lebanese troops exchange fire

• Court defends film on Jenin offensive

• Poland retrieves painting missing since WWII

• Uruguay condemns Holocaust denial by Iranian envoy

• Poland earmarks funds for Auschwitz

• Russians silent on Wallenberg request

• Seattle court upholds kosher slaughter

• Drive aims to attract Jews to Detroit

• Orthodox groups clarify positions on reporting child abuse to police

• White House briefs social justice Jews

• Israeli loses in tennis final

• Pollard undergoes ‘urgent’ surgery in civilian hospital

• Poll: American Jews, Muslims share values

• Obit: Philly philanthropist Ruth Perelman

• Facebook refuses to remove Holocaust denial pages

• Obit: Nat Bregman, Mandela’s ‘first white friend’

• Obit: Shulamit Shamir, wife of ex–prime minister

• Obit: Baruj Benacerraf, Nobel-winning immunologist, dies at 90

arts

• Jennifer Love Hewitt cast in ‘Jewtopia’ movie

• Jewish-style Sudoku app released for iPad

• Bieber, father get Hebrew tattoos in Israel

• Canadian finds international audience for klezmer fusion

• Israeli museum extends hand to Muslim artists

• Jewish suitor wins hand of ABC’s ‘Bachelorette’

• Contrary to type, Larry David’s more tribal than he is neurotic

• Jewish film festival offering showcases heroic efforts of a Jewish newspaper reporter

• ‘Kosher Chinese’ author reflects on his year in China with the Peace Corps

columns

• Fond farewells —  and Dixie, here I come

• Doc directors, A good marriage, School days, Short shorts ...

• Doing nothing can lead to tragedy — so make your actions count

food

• Too hot to cook? Pasta will help keep the heat out of your kitchen

opinions & letters

• Another blow to the poor, another call for help

• letters

• Rabbi Boteach showed no sensitivity to mental illness

• Philanthropists to Netanyahu: Visit Ramallah, regain moral high ground

lifecycles

• engagement

• b’nai mitzvah

• birth

• deaths

supplements

• Elsie Rich of Santa Rosa is turning 110 — she’s among the oldest Jews in the world!

• South Bay widows, widowers gather for fun, learning — and maybe even a little romance

• Lean times for JCC East Bay kosher lunch program

• This wedding’s spotlight fell on the two mothers: ages 105 and 93

• Baby boomers worry about future health costs

• Volunteers needed for two JFCS programs

• The hills are alive with the sound of Yiddish

• Broadway star to perform at Reutlinger fundraiser

• Barbara Rose Brooker column: He’s just around the corner

• ‘Magic’ frame can help you see your grandkids’ photos instantly