cover story

• Standing tall in Santa Cruz: U.C. lecturer wages war against anti-Jewish activity on campus

news & features

• Despite UNESCO success, P.A. to halt membership bids to U.N. agencies

• Arab restaurant torched in Jaffa

• Goldstone: Israel does not practice apartheid policies

• Cairo military court says no jail time for embassy rioters

• Syria plants land mines on Lebanese border

• ‘Hunger Shabbat’ puts food for thought on the table

• Group hoists Jewish tent at Occupy Oakland

• Turkish scholar sees hope beyond Turkey-Israel tensions

• Global Day of Jewish Learning returns for second year

• Koret launches initiative to combat anti-Semitism

• Group for ‘young-ish’ Jews to kick off at Oakland night spot

• Berkeley Torah center to honor Reb Shlomo

• Marin JCC event to look at Israel’s power, borders

• JFCS needs Chanukah gift bag helpers

• Federation body gets flak for ‘oversight’ on women

• Statement from Jewish liberals says Occupy Wall Street not anti-Semitic

• Housing plan thrusts Jerusalem hilltop onto world stage

• Israel considers harsh response to Gaza rockets

• Official: Iran would strike back at Israel

• Abbas says he’ll never recognize a Jewish state

• Blamed for attacks, yeshiva in West Bank is shut down

• Another flotilla heads to Gaza

• European Jewish Parliament off to a semi-comedic start

• Germany might halt sale of submarines to Israel

• French Jewish groups call UNESCO vote a betrayal

• Australia will keep slaughter exemption

• Swiss Muslims’ protest with yellow star called ‘idiotic’

• Tunisia issues arrest warrant for Arafat widow

• Carl Lindner Jr., 92, major non-Jewish donor to Jewish federation, Israel Bonds for 50 years

• Avi Levine, longtime rabbi at Beth El in Berkeley, dies at 70 — buried in Israel

arts

• East Bay author creates magic with ‘Oracle of Stamboul’

• Golems: A potent symbol of teenage emotion in recent Y.A. literature

• Golem-inspired play to debut in San Rafael

• Is Bob Dylan’s Judaism blowin’ in the wind?: Author of upcoming biography lectures at Stanford

• Piano prodigy stars in South Bay Chabad benefit

• Lecture explores ‘secret’ black-Jewish musical relationship in 20th century

columns

• Don’t let me down, Paul — please please be Jewish like me

• If Abraham could take that first step, you can do it, too

• celebrity jews

• jokes

food

• Taking a trip ‘Inside the Jewish Bakery’

opinions & letters

• Helping those in need is a never-ending journey

• Israeli blueprint for Occupy Wall Street: tables ’n’ talk

• letters

• Tzedakah is about justice

lifecycles

• deaths

• b’nai mitzvah

• births

supplements

• Learning, music, wine at JCF’s first Day of Philanthropy

• Soros, the next generation, is attending U.C. Berkeley

• It’s a family affair, as in-laws take reins in East Bay

• Technion fundraiser’s Israel pride runs deep

• Trunk show to benefit artists, local charities

• Heirs donate proceeds from sale of Piedmont home to charity foundation

• Next generation of ‘change- makers’ rewrites family legacies

• What is ‘Jewish philanthropy’? Check the hard-wiring

• Panel to look at how Silicon Valley entrepreneurs ‘give back’

• Greek Jewish community seeks financial help

• Tzedakah is a commandment, not a suggestion

• Survey: Young Jews volunteer, but not through Jewish channels

• Tangible results, such as trees in Israel, help motivate giving

• Kids have the box — grown-ups need a tzedakah plan