cover story

• Served with love: Faina’s kosher market on Geary is the heart of ‘Little Russia’

news & features

• Berkeley congregation publishes its members’ Torah commentaries in a handsome new book

• Young Bay Area Zionists flex their diversity at Florida conference

• San Francisco Hillel officials singing the financial blues

• Then and Now: S.F. deli revival led by Wise Sons is built upon our forebears

• ADL condemns upcoming Oakland talk by ‘hate-mongering’ activist

• Synagogues set for Shabbat Across America

• AP’s Alan Gross story could hamper his release from Cuban jail

• Obama, Netanyahu to meet, address AIPAC

• McFarlane calls for Pollard clemency

• Adelson to give $10 million more to support Gingrich

• Interfaith coalition: Don’t misuse religion in campaigns

• White House chief of staff meets with Jewish leaders

• Thousands of female Chabad emissaries meet in N.Y.

• As Iran ‘red line’ shifts, West pushes for Israeli restraint

• Palestinian prisoner ends 66-day strike

• Rain, snow replenish Sea of Galilee

• Israel strikes Gaza sites after weekend of rockets

• Netanyahu’s bureau chief resigns

• Tel Aviv wants to run buses on Shabbat

• Different takes on Amman meeting

• Second Jerusalem church vandalized

• Israeli Arabs protest against Assad

• Israeli troops foil terror attack

• Knesset: All Israelis don’t have to serve

• Palestinians attack Christian tourists

• Azerbaijan arrests terror suspects

• Jews, Palestinians clash in London

• Canadian journalist slammed for bias

• German Jews lament top pol’s resignation

• Karski honored for WWII resistance work

• Court clears Sabbath observer

• Wise Sons’ Friday surprise: new deli in Mission is now open

arts

• 27th annual Jewish Music Festival stretches boundaries of Jewish music, culture

• Jewish Music Festival headliners are a pair of clarinet virtuosos

• Sausalito writer pens upbeat ode to his family

• Two Israeli films take Berlin prizes

• Israel Philharmonic string quintet to play benefit concerts at Bay Area homes

• Journalist’s book wins prestigious literary award

• Beatles cover band to rock PJCC gala

columns

• Having a cup of Judaism with the Coffee Shop Rabbi

• Torah: Next YouTube hit: Revelation at Sinai, on eternal loop

• faces

• Our Two Cents: Missing family time

• Tygerpen: A new front in bagel wars

food

• Bistro-style food at home? Jew-la-la!

opinions & letters

• A progressive approach to strengthening Jewish life around the world

• Don’t yank student loan forgiveness from religious workers

• Jewish Music Festival is ours for a song

• letters

lifecycles

• b’nai mitzvah

• deaths