cover story

• Lone Soldiers: Bay Area Jews travel far to fight for Israel

news & features

• Congressman urges U.C. Berkeley to rescind award, due to honoree’s ‘bias’ against Israel

• Israel’s green party champion sets his sights on Knesset

• Russian Moishe House puts out welcome mat in S.F.

• Three Bay Area Jewish groups get Covenant grants

• Diverse lineup set for Jewbilee in Los Gatos

• correction

• Santa Rosa synagogue presents anti-Semitism series

• Obama’s new chief of staff is an Orthodox Jew

• Court strikes down Oklahoma ban on Shariah law

• Giffords at vigil marking attack anniversary

• Magnate gives $5 million to Gingrich super PAC

• Penn distances itself from BDS conference

• N.J. rabbi sentenced to 5 years for laundering

• Reorganization for Baltimore paper

• Jewish inmate sues to get kosher meals

• MSNBC, Buchanan may be parting ways

• Italian police probing Holocaust denier

• Israeli, Palestinian negotiators meet again in Amman

• Tunisian official slams anti-Semitic chants

• Nearly 700 attacks on Israel in 2011

• Muslim Brotherhood gives assurances on treaty

• Knesset OKs bills on Nazi terms, migrants

• Report: Iran enriching its own uranium

• Yair Lapid, Noam Shalit entering politics

• U.S. to sell Saudis $30 billion in combat aircraft

• Report: Iran enriching its own uranium

• Muslim Brotherhood gives assurances on treaty

• U.S. to sell Saudis $30 billion in combat aircraft

• Yair Lapid, Noam Shalit entering politics

• Britain warns Iran over Hormuz

• Israel’s ‘War Singer’ Yaffa Yarkoni dies at 86

• Paula Hyman, Jewish feminist and scholar

• Jay Miller, ACLU director on Nixon’s ‘enemies list’

arts

• Modern and classical, hand in hand: Israeli Chamber Project bringing verve, scope to local concerts

• Corner of Holocaust history told through innocent’s eyes

• New Eco novel embroils author in ‘Protocols’ conspiracy

• Threats lead to cancellation of concert by Israeli-Arab performer

• Jewish comics to headline fundraiser for San Francisco preschool

columns

• Distinctive message about women comes courtesy of Exodus

• faces

• Tygerpen: Strange fish I have known

• I may be a grown-up, but signs around me indicate otherwise

• Our Two Cents: Pet peeves

• New year’s resolution: Practice forgiveness and let go of suffering

food

• Counter holiday bulk with delicious and filling ‘slender soups’

opinions & letters

• letters

• The Jew, the Hindu and the petri dish: East Bay rabbi and her husband find joy in Indian surrogacy

• Debate among all Jewish groups belongs at U.C. Berkeley

• Pair of Knesset bills shows Israel can get it right — and wrong

lifecycles

• b’nai mitzvah

• birth

• deaths