Week of December 15, 2000

• Mideast may become Bush priority
• Netanyahu tries to recast himself as the 'new Bibi'
• Jewish Community High lands Tiburon 'starter home'

Week of December 08, 2000

• How would Bush deal with Mideast, other Jewish issues?
• Impassioned Israeli pleas call for dismantling settlements
• Visitors from JCF find hints of Jewish-Arab coexistence

Week of December 01, 2000

• JCF visitors to Israel grapple with fatalism -- and hope
• Twist of fate: Arafat holds key to Barak keeping job
• Protesters force cancellation of Netanyahu talks here

Week of November 24, 2000

• Is Barak cornered into more retaliation?
• New threat: Arab states curtail ties with Israel
• Fears diminish the lure of a free student trip to Israel

Week of November 17, 2000

• Embattled Israel may be pushed into war
• Mah jongg unites people of all ages, places in Bay Area

Week of November 10, 2000

• Lieberman didn't draw many extra Jewish votes
• Can Clinton, a lame-duck, pull miracle in Mideast?
• Jews join charge to depose Cossack logo

Week of October 20, 2000

• Is cease-fire real? Not on the streets
• Noontime crowd hungers for peace, solidarity with Israel

Week of October 13, 2000

• Arab violence shakes Jews across the political spectrum
• Jews set solidarity rallies in Bay Area, U.S. cities
• Stanford offers choice Palo Alto spot for new JCC

Week of October 6, 2000

• Will accord restore trust in Mideast?
• How to repent, a step-by-step guide

Week of September 29, 2000

• Lieberman may be springboard for Holy Day sermons

Week of September 22, 2000

• Rosh Chodesh groups bring spiritual renewal, and not just once in a blue moon
• Battle lines sharpen over Barak's 'secular revolution'

Week of September 15, 2000

• Synagogues, they are a-changin'
• Voluntary dues boost Emanu-El
• Hip, swinging shul packs the house

Week of September 8, 2000

• Giving kids a helping hand with literacy
• 11 young Iranian Jews may be languishing in prison

Week of September 1, 2000

• Jews debate: Is Lieberman over the top on religion?
• Synagogues face teacher shortages -- once again
• Hadassah Lieberman's family history disputed

Week of August 25, 2000

• JCF may buy buildings to aid rent-strapped agencies
• How Jews blend three cultures with Asian adoptions

Week of August 18, 2000

• It's totally cool to be a Jew at Demo confab
• Some area Jews fear backlash on Lieberman
• Berkeley Jew runs as Reform Party V.P.

Week of August 11, 2000

• S.F. GOPers say they won't switch
• Will faith become a factor?
• Judaism at Lieberman's core

Week of August 4, 2000

• GOP Jews aim to show they're not an oxymoron
• Political clock ticking for Barak and his government

Week of July 28, 2000

• Israel roiled by political turmoil, tensions
• Uncertainty plagues Israelis, left and right
• After talks, local angst rises among Jews, Arabs

Week of July 21, 2000

• Israel, Arabs prepare for all hell to break loose
• Whenever summit ends, Barak faces political battle at home
• S.F. writer reclaims his birthright

Week of June 30, 2000

• Suicide: Local Jews take steps to raise awareness of fatal depression
• Divided Israel faces critical negotiations

Week of June 23, 2000

• Seniors, JFCS to reside under one Jewish roof
• John Goldman carrying on family legacy as JCF president

Week of June 16, 2000

• Even some Jews mourn for Assad
• Is peace possible with Assad's son?
• At-home dads dive happily into a sea of chores

Week of June 9, 2000

• JCC building boom expands with S. Bay $12 million complex
• Shas pushes Ehud Barak government to the brink
• Residents worry Jordan Valley being negotiated away

Week of June 2, 2000

• Top court in Israel rules ex-Berkeley lesbians are moms
• Visitor to Kiryat Shmona 'could hear the peace'

Week of May 26, 2000

• Questions arise after withdrawal
• Thousands leave JCF's partner city
• Challenges mount even as Women of Wall hail victory

Week of May 19, 2000

• Religious schools -- a jump start on future:
• Educating teachers
• Enticing students
• Involving families
• Funding innovation

Week of May 12, 2000

• Wayne Feinstein, JCF leader, stepping down
• Portraits of Jewish moms belie tired old stereotypes

Week of May 5, 2000

• Local Jewish mothers back march in D.C.
• Jewish victims of violence will join Million Mom March
• 'Iran 13' becoming political pawns

Week of April 28, 2000

• Redevelopment Agency OKs Jewish Museum
• Kirschner assesses scandal and his life
• Rabbi at end of 1800s wasn't really a rabbi

Week of April 21, 2000

• Passover is turning into a weeklong moveable feast
• Long-awaited population poll to track trends among Jews

Week of April 14, 2000

• A tool for 'personal liberation' Pesach conundrum: Which Haggadah?
• Irving loses, but Lipstadt says 'nightmare not over'

Week of April 7, 2000

• Founder of Ikea store haunted by Nazi past
• Golan silent minority would trade the land
• Treaty would weaken Israel, activists claim

Week of March 31, 2000

• School board in Palo Alto might force JCC to move
• Will Mid-Peninsula day school be left in lurch?
• Papal visit spurs healing between Catholics, Jews
• Reform rabbis back gay unions

Week of March 24, 2000

• $50 million facility to replace JCC in S.F. in 2003
• Landmark status urged: Demolition questioned
• Gay marriage debate sends Reform rabbis into a tizzy

Week of March 17, 2000

• Pope chastised for ignoring Holocaust in broad apology
• Area Jews dissect pope's talk
• Do Bush and Gore need Jewish vote?

Week of March 10, 2000

• 2 Jewish high schools planned for Sept. '01
• Palestinians trying to co-opt Jesus as one of their own

Week of March 3, 2000

• Papal visit to Israel collides with wounded Jewish pride
• JFCS: nurturing 40,000 in its 150th year

Week of February 25, 2000

• $1.1 million grant infuses new energy into teen programs
• Is it hip to be a teen Jew?
• Striking new museum reaches for 'other side of midnight'

Week of February 18, 2000

• Museum to unveil plan for $35 million building
• Troops, cabinet members pressure Barak on Lebanon

Week of February 11, 2000

• Right-wing alarm rings in Austria, all Europe
• $1.5 million, new name for Danville senior home
• Israelis sprout environmental miracles

Week of February 4, 2000

• Barak faces credibility gap over finances
• Music fest will feature Jewish grand opera
• Federation's Super Sunday is now CyberSunday, too

Week of January 28, 2000

• Museum to unveil plan for $35 million building
• Troops, cabinet members pressure Barak on Lebanon

Week of January 21, 2000

• World boycott of Transamerica launched
• Israelis living here no longer faulted for leaving home

Week of January 14, 2000

• ADL buys offensive Web names to curb hate
• Shedding light on life in the D.P. camps
• How will Israeli premier handle opposition to Syrian peace deal?

Week of January 7, 2000

• Charity report gives nonprofits black eye, critics say
• JCF boosts money to religious pluralism programs
• News Analysis: U.S. plays mother-hen in Israeli-Syrian talks

Week of December 24, 1999

• Should we usher in 2000 with parties or prayers?
• 1900-era Jews found 'Garden of Eden' in S.F.
• Synagogues here opting for Shabbat over revelry

Week of December 17, 1999

• Yule-Chanukah cards: Are the messages mixed?
• Scholars debating Y2K as a Jewish issue
• Key to Syrian deal lies in hands of Israeli voters

Week of December 10, 1999

• S.F. rabbi guilty of felony, his lawyers say
• Man of the millennium: Maimonides tops poll
• Israel's 30,000 Karaites follow Bible, not Talmud

Week of December 3, 1999

• Does 'early' Chanukah magnify 'December dilemma'?
• Christians say Israel doesn't understand millennialists

Week of November 26, 1999

• Former protesters celebrate inside Russian Consulate
• JCF grabs 139th spot among nation's top 400 charities

Week of November 19, 1999

• Koshland gives gift of $8 million to Weizmann
• What's the scoop on Rembrandt and the Jews?

Week of November 12, 1999

• Latest wrinkle in peace process: Jew versus Jew
• From tears to laughter -- Torah springs from tragedy

Week of November 05, 1999

• Davis, in Mideast, promotes high-tech
• Oslo summit sets tone for final-status talks

Week of October 29, 1999

• Camp Swig gets $2 million anonymously
• Israeli women grapple with careers, kids -- and sexism

Week of October 22, 1999

• How Hebrew comes to life in day schools through talk, play
• Barak's 100 days: Kudos on peace, jeers on economy

Week of October 15, 1999

• Many converts face an uphill battle
• Why did Castro let 400 Cuban Jews emigrate to Israel?

Week of October 8, 1999

• Sherith Israel's legacy: its outspoken rabbis
• Emanu-El's pedigree: a towering presence
• Controversial ex-local leader gets national Jewish post

Week of October 1, 1999

• Jews upset with Bush for Buchanan overture
• Jewish advocates slam board over Mount Zion demise

Week of September 24, 1999

• S.F. money buys controversial ads in Israel
• Bad winter puts freeze on California etrog harvest

Week of September 17, 1999

• At Yom Kippur, can Jews forgive hatemongers?
• Sherith Israel turns the clock back 150 years on new year

Week of September 10, 1999

• Will peace succeed in 5760 despite its enemies?
• Holy Day sermons respond to hate crimes, concerns about Jewish identity, community

Week of September 3, 1999

• Synagogues juggle security and spirituality at Holy Days
• FBI surveillance of hate groups critical, Jewish leaders assert
• 11 Jews are missing from Iran, families say

Week of August 27, 1999

• Oracle peers into future, promotes peace
• Is Israel, atop faultlines, ready for major earthquake?
• Shortage of rabbis strikes all movements

Week of August 20, 1999

• Jews must overcome 'bunker mentality,' rabbis and experts say
• JCC strives for normalcy after rampage
• Justice Dept. investigating World Church of the Creator

Week of August 13, 1999

• Conspiracy or copycat acts?: Suspect tied to white supremacist groups
• L.A. Jews in disbelief
• Local JCCs heighten security after L.A. shootings

Week of August 6, 1999

• Feds in Sacramento probe national conspiracy
• Gore's focus on religion sparks Jewish concern
• Jewish views on Bush: Like father, like son?

Week of July 30, 1999

• Rabbi's son foils bombing attempt at Moscow shul
• $15 million Danville home for elderly ready to open
• 140 Kosovar refugees leave Israel for home

Week of July 25, 1999

• Suspects in arson tied to 2nd hate group
• Camp Swig off auction block but fund-raising is delayed
• Barak asks U.S. Jewish groups to back peace

Week of July 24, 1999

Week of July 23, 1999

• Suspects in arson tied to 2nd hate group
• Camp Swig off auction block but fund-raising is delayed
• Barak asks U.S. Jewish groups to back peace

Week of July 23, 1999

• Suspects in arson tied to 2nd hate group
• Camp Swig off auction block but fund-raising is delayed
• Barak asks U.S. Jewish groups to back peace

Week of July 9, 1999

• Money pours in to aid torched synagogues
• Has Barak created bad blood among Labor supporters?
• Americana, Jewish-style, is focus of 19th film festival in the Bay Area

Week of June 25, 1999

• White hate group strongly suspected in synagogue fires
• Synagogue fires draw thousands to unity gathering
• Local reaction mirrors unity, caution of capital
• Local reaction mirrors unity, caution of capital
• Sacramento Jews overcome by grief and pride
• Funds, information sought following Sacramento fires
• No July 2 paper
• 50-year dime store strives to serve Jewish clientele

Week of June 18, 1999

• Jackson: a long way since 'Hymietown'
• Bay Area advocates fighting for Nazis' 'invisible victims'
• Worker aided Jews during, after WWII

Week of June 11, 1999

• JCF allots $100,000 for Israeli pluralism
• Israeli-style 'mixed marriages' on upswing

Week of June 4, 1999

• Will Israel follow SLA withdrawal by removing its troops?
• Lebanese on border afraid of pullout
• Local rabbis say new Reform 'Principles' have no impact
• Israeli police declaring war on pirate radio stations
• Jewish editor, historian dies at age 77

Week of May 28, 1999

• Reform rabbis vote to adopt traditional practices
• Gay Orthodox rabbi outs self
• Abdullah, Arafat meet in Gaza to ponder peace talks
• Beer's humble beginnings can be traced to Mideast
• Tougher hate-crimes legislation faces uncertain future

Week of May 21, 1999

• Barak facing major puzzle in forming new Israeli government
• Premier hailed as heir to Rabin
• Area Jews joyful, despondent over Israel's new leader

Week of May 14, 1999

• Mission of mercy
• Will small parties desert Netanyahu in a runoff?

Week of May 7, 1999

• Centrists ignore polls, vow to remain in race
• When left-wingers and chicken wings populated Petaluma

Week of April 30, 1999

• Jews to help Albanian refugees resettle here
• Israel campaign in the hands of America's top spin doctors
• Palestinian statehood issue seen as win-win for Netanyahu

Week of April 23, 1999

• Is United States meddling in Israeli elections?
• Neo-Nazism contributed to Littleton massacre

Week of April 16, 1999

• Exec's $6 million gift propels new PJCC campus
• Death knell sounding for Morocco's Jews
• U.S. troubled as Netanyahu, Sharon get cozy with Russians

Week of April 9, 1999

• 3 Bay Area survivors recall life on death ship
• 'Life is Beautiful': real-life parallel
• Why is Israel waffling on Kosovo?
• Madeleine Haas Russell was an activist until the end

Week of April 2, 1999

• Jews back Kosovo attack, citing Holocaust
• Mass suffering in the Balkans troubles local survivors

Week of March 26, 1999

• Jerusalem battle simmers as Arafat seeks U.S. aid
• Look who's coming to the seder: Local families invite strangers to break matzah

Week of March 19, 1999

• Pluralism shockwaves ripple across the world
• Retired rabbis: Golden years are hardly slow for spiritual leaders

Week of March 12, 1999

• Reform seminary to ordain rabbis on West Coast
• Mr. Spock goes kabbalistic in area photo exhibit

Week of March 5, 1999

• $1 million gift made to Holocaust Center here
• Lebanon quagmire emerging as issue in Israel election
• Purim dashed for kids, Bay Area volunteers
• Leaving their homeland, two teens watch a father cry
• Golden hour at the Wall becomes a revered memory
• Despite brutal occupation, writer's spirit never wavered

Week of February 26, 1999

• Secularists join liberal streams to spite Orthodox
• Twice removed, but horrors not forgotten

Week of February 19, 1999

• Turkish ties entangle Israel in Kurd struggle
• 1,000 meditators show potential for movement

Week of February 12, 1999

• Rabbis say JCF snubs Israel Reform
• Hussein's death leaves Israel, Jordan in flux

Week of February 5, 1999

• Can Jews raise $350 million for Bay Area construction?
• Pro wrestler body-slams stereotypes of Jewish jocks

Week of January 29, 1999

• Netanyahu challenges mount as Mordechai defects to foes
• Yiddish poet, 88, crafts beauty from Shoah horror
• Super Sunday: 1,000 volunteers to seek $1.5 million from 10,000

Week of January 22, 1999

• Local Jews hike donations but seek more control
• Israel braces for millennium fever, crazed tourists

Week of January 15, 1999

• Israelgate? Barak campaign files snatched in D.C.
• The Puppetmaster of Lodz
• About `In first person...'
• Senior filling in the gaps in his Jewish background

Week of January 8, 1999

• Reform platform stirs heated debate over observance
• Local rabbis give mixed reviews to `Ten Principles'
• Non-Orthodox leaders in U.S. `running out of patience'

Week of January 1, 1999

• What Y2K means for Jews
• So who isn't running for prime minister?

Week of December 18, 1998

• No Dec. 25 paper
• Israel's government on brink of collapse
• U.S. warming up to the Palestinians
• Can angels reclaim place in Jewish life?
• Interracial adoption extends the family but can also divide it

Week of December 11, 1998

• Jews worry Clinton trip could stack deck against Israel
• Settlers fear becoming island amid hostile Palestinian turf
• $41 million British fund set up for survivors, heirs

Week of December 4, 1998

• From Whitney to Yerba Buena complex: N.Y. art whiz to steer S.F. Jewish museum
• Visit to Russia reveals rampant anti-Semitism
• Williams welcomes role on Holocaust panel
• Tehiyah's Revira Singer, 40 years an educator, dies at 65

Week of November 27, 1998

• San Jose Jews hope to buy site
• Mideast counting on Clinton to referee Wye disputes

Week of November 20, 1998

• New Conservative manual -- woman-friendly, personalized
• Amy Eilberg responds to women's grief Bay Area rabbi creates abortion ritual in manual
• Will unity government follow Netanyahu win on Wye plan?

Week of November 13, 1998

• Many Jews wonder how Israel will fare with Livingston
• Attorney general settles suit with Pils: JEC founders face limits but keep home

Week of November 06, 1998

• BREAKING NEWS: Car bombing in Jerusalem
• Kristallnacht Pain still fresh 60 years later
• Boxer victorious in Calif., Schumer in N.Y. Jewish candidates win big, pushing Senate ranks to 11
• 23 Jews serve in next House
• One more Jew added to Senate
• Anti-Semitic graffiti defaces Marin campaign posters

Week of October 30, 1998

• Rabbis tell agencies to serve only kosher food
• Violence, security plan, pressure from right: Obstacles could delay Wye implementation
• Jewish representation in House may see decline
• Jewish vote may decide close races in U.S Senate

Week of October 23, 1998

• Kids on the firing line -- Synagogue gun-safety class
• Local Jews split over firearm training

Week of October 16, 1998

• Election `98: Impeachment cloud hovering over Jewish issues, hopefuls
• Yiddishkeit inspires screen names: Guess what's in cyberspace? Oy gevalt, a shmata?

Week of October 9, 1998

• Joy of Simchat Torah lasts all year for chanters
• Sale of Camp Swig angers rabbis, campers

Week of October 02, 1998

• Ceramics, nosherei, folk dancing highlight Sukkot fest
• Sukkahs build on creativity, family tradition

Week of September 25, 1998

• Yom Kippur War -- 25 years later: U.S. Jews prayed, raised funds, lobbied as war raged
• A satisfying end to Yom Kippur: Warming the soul after the fast
• Yom Kippur War -- 25 years later: Local vets recall brutal 1973 battles

Week of September 18, 1998

• Clinton crisis offers lessons for Holy Days
• Gearing up for the holidays: Even cantors get the jitters
• Eric Livingston, lifetime member of HFLA, dies in S.F. at 100

Week of September 11, 1998

• Taking the rush out of Rosh Hashanah: How families go extra mile to instill spirit of Holy Days
• News Analysis: Stalemated negotiations force a greater U.S. role
• News Analysis: Both Israelis, Palestinians feel disillusioned and angry

Week of September 4, 1998

• Peninsula JCC to lease Foster City land for mega-campus
• News Analysis: Clinton's Jewish backers struggling

Week of August 28, 1998

• Museum shut; no permanent location until at least 2001
• Are U.S. anti-terror hits spurring peace-talk progress?

Week of August 21, 1998

• Local survivors ask if Swiss settlement is actually unjust
• News Analysis: Bank, insurance pacts may aid gold, art claims
• Forgiveness in Jerusalem: Israelis on Clinton: `What's the big deal? He's a man'

Week of August 14, 1998

• News Analysis: Kenyan rescue gives Israel respite from peace pressure
• The positive outgrowth of Lebanon: Israeli unit stems from 1982 tragedy
• Should rabbis use Clinton scandal to talk about Jewish morality?

Week of August 7, 1998

• In Bay Area, safe haven eludes some Jewish women
• In Israel, 200,000 women may be abused every year
• News Analysis: Swiss likely to ignore latest deadline for restitution

Week of July 31, 1998

• Lungren, visiting S.F., tries to round up Jewish votes
• News Analysis: Knesset's threats mean hot summer for Netanyahu

Week of July 24, 1998

• Former convict seeks forgiveness
• Jews answer pleas of women inmates
• Harold Zlot takes helm at JCF

Week of July 17, 1998

• Jewish theater drama: a $750,000 overhaul
• News Analysis: Political experts fear rise of anti-Semitism: Should a candidate's religion become a campaign issue?

Week of July 10, 1998

• Pro-Palestinian entries anger some Jews here
• In 18th year, director focuses on Israeli flicks
• Superman editors sorry about omission: Comic erases Jews from Holocaust

Week of June 26, 1998

• No July 3 paper
• 840 needy emigres squeezed between agencies
• Tilson Thomas' overture to grandparents: new exhibit on their Yiddish theater legacy

Week of June 19, 1998

• Centennial of birth marked here -- Paul Robeson: forgotten hero of Jews, African-Americans
• News Analysis: Israelis stew over security as Arafat woos Hamas

Week of June 12, 1998

• News Analysis: Conversion compromise unlikely in near future
• Camels and falafel, rain and community

Week of June 5, 1998

• U.S. veterans of '48 war recall their Zionist passion
• News Analysis -- World trade `helped sustain Nazi effort': Probe expands beyond Swiss to other WWII `neutrals'
• 1948 declaration...signifies dream come true for Ben-Gurion, 25 signers

Week of May 29, 1998

• S.F. audiences rally 'round Sharansky but not Likud
• News Analysis -- Gingrich in Israel: Headlines, sparks but not much else

Week of May 22, 1998

• Will Jews boycott Chrysler after buyout by Mercedes?
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Week of May 15, 1998

• Children's Holocaust exhibit in S.F.: Students are `freaked out,' saddened by `Daniel's Story'
• News Analysis: What motivated Hillary's call for Palestinian state?

Week of May 8, 1998

• Daring architect will draw up Jewish Museum plans
• News Analysis: Netanyahu likely to cave in on U.S. demands, aides say
• Critics call show `self-hating': Was `Seinfeld' good for Jews?

Week of May 1, 1998

• News Analysis: Gore uses Israel at 50 to push partisan agenda
• Birthday bash scores hit at Giants' ballpark
• Workmen's Circle loyal to labor, Yiddishkeit for 50 years
• Noah's drops kashrut in all but 10 of 119 bagelries

Week of April 24, 1998

• `I knew, we all knew, what we had to do,' says local activist: Collecting guns, underwear and money for the '48 war
• Conflict between pro- and anti-Zionists polarized Bay Area Jewry 50 years ago
• Pride, fear converge at Israel's birthday

Week of April 17, 1998

• Children of the Dream: Non-Jewish U.S. teens find a lot to love in Israel
• The Survivors: From depths of Auschwitz to height of computer industry
• News Analysis: Palestinian-Hamas feud unnerves Israelis

Week of April 10, 1998

• Who is Elijah? Beggar, scoundrel, heavenly emissary?
• Liberation: What it means for Jews seeking answers

Week of April 3, 1998

• Local professor says sport fostered assimilation -- Jews pitch way into major league of baseball writers
• News Analysis: Are U.S. Jews caught between Bibi and Bill?

Week of March 27, 1998

• Jewish women in prison want more support from community
• News Analysis: Compromise plan likely to lead to showdown in Israel

Week of March 20, 1998

• Speedboats, mudbaths, bodywork, fine cuisine: The side of Israel that many Americans don't get to see
• News Analysis: Jews insist Vatican open archives from Holocaust

Week of March 13, 1998

• Peninsula baby defies the odds: Science breakthrough on Tay-Sachs
• D.A.'s deal with Pils sets stringent limits
• News Analysis: Slur stirs tensions between Orthodox and secular

Week of March 6, 1998

• Kabbalah: Mysticism no longer a spiritual stepchild
• News Analysis: As Iraq flap ends, U.S. expected to push peace process

Week of February 27, 1998

• Bay Area is first stop for traveling exhibit: Experiencing Shoah through a child's eyes
• Emanu-El offering low-cost matzah

Week of February 20, 1998

• No halachic prohibition: Human cloning could benefit all of mankind, rabbi asserts
• Web/Net week to launch `magical moments' for Jews
• News Analysis: Iraq missile threat jolts Israelis out of complacency

Week of February 13, 1998

• El Niño runs wild -- Jewish Home, books hit
• Conversion crisis may head back to courts, Knesset
• Will Iraq attack Israel?

Week of February 06, 1998

• Ethics confab helps doctors tackle life-and-death issues
• Israelis brace for Iraqi missiles as conflicting rumors explode

Week of January 30, 1998

• News Analysis: Scandal, Iraq may scuttle U.S. intervention in Mideast
• News Analysis: 2 conversion plans spur chaos
• Super Sunday organizers hoping it rains donations

Week of January 23, 1998

• Will survivors' insurance claims ever get paid?
• News Analysis -- Aftermath of summit: `Good will is there'
• News Analysis: Netanyahu cozies up to Falwell, Gingrich

Week of January 16, 1998

• Area Orthodox feel scapegoated on pluralism
• Kosher Oreos: Can Nabisco lick its opposition?
• 75 U.S. Orthodox rabbis push Israel conversion bill

Week of January 9, 1998

• News Analysis: How long will 1-vote majority hold in Israel?
• Alan Rothenberg affirms JCF support for Israel

Week of January 2, 1998

• Rx for longevity: Attend services
• First trial scheduled for May 18: JEC's ex-officials still seek car donations

Week of December 19, 1997

• No Dec. 26 paper
• Jewish day school kids shielded from Yule -- during class hours
• JCF petition seeks backing for pluralism fight in Israel
• JCF says it `does not fund Israel government'

Week of December 12, 1997

• A 55-year saga: from London blitz to wedded bliss
• Reform outlines conversion battle plan
• News Analysis: Showdown for Israel on the peace process

Week of December 05, 1997

• 80Bay Area intermarriage rate spurs major 3-year study
• News Analysis: Dilemma stems from chilled U.S.-Israel relations: American Jews split over Clinton pressure on Israel

Week of November 28, 1997

• 50 years after U.N. approval, area Zionists recall fight for Jewish state
• Drama of partition vote still excites U.N. official
• No Israel fanfare on anniversary

Week of November 21, 1997

• Candid S.F. leaders recall controversies
• Hundreds of Jews, Palestinians get taste of unity here

Week of November 14, 1997

• Transcripts reveal motivation of S.F. Jewish leaders
• Oral history project preserves local past
• U.S. removes Syria from list of drug traffickers

Week of November 07, 1997

• `Those were terrible times' : 99-year-old recalls Kristallnacht
• Judaism now chic in Berlin, 59 years after night of terror
• Germany to hold commemoration of Kristallnacht
• S.F.'s ranks as nation's third largest Jewish federation

Week of October 31, 1997

• Superfund helps local school open doors
• News Analysis: `There's been a change in the Orthodox camp' Showdown for pluralism on hold -- for the moment

Week of October 24, 1997

• High tuition throttling day schools across U.S.
• Writers from around globe to converge in Bay Area

Week of October 17, 1997

• Conversion battle threatens to topple the prime minister
• Liberal rabbis urge congregants to donate to pluralism causes
• Noah's is going non-kosher -- except in Northern Calif.

Week of October 10, 1997

• Forgive? Even on Yom Kippur Holocaust survivors say `No'
• News Analysis: Self-interest brings Netanyahu and Arafat together

Week of October 03, 1997

• New Jews approaching Holy Days with awe
• Long after the war, memories of traumas and joys still well up
• Patriarch Richard Swig: `He was just larger than life'

Week of September 26, 1997

• Questions, self-reflection heighten Holy Day meaning
• `Survival strategies' for parents on holidays

Week of September 19, 1997

• Tough Bay Area transitions: Self-esteem soars for Jews freed from welfare
• News Analysis: Albright visit leaves Israel, Palestinians disheartened

Week of September 12, 1997

• Israel seeks GOP support as it braces for Clinton clash
• News Analysis: Is crisis control only option for Albright in divided Mideast?

Week of September 05, 1997

• Triple blast rocks Ben Yehuda mall killing at least six
• Attention shoppers -- kosher food on Aisle 9
• Riding chai Jews on motorcycles speed past stereotypes

Week of August 29, 1997

• JEC loses school building, accused of `smoke screens'
• 100 years later, U.S. Jews reinterpret Zionism

Week of August 22, 1997

• Emotionally charged issue for heirs Area Jews join frustrating hunt for names on Swiss list
• With food stamp loss, emigres in Bay Area worry about hunger

Week of August 15, 1997

• `We are from the same time' Parallel paths link 2 Polish Shoah survivors in S.F.
• News Analysis: Wall strife signals religious crossroads

Week of August 08, 1997

• Masada online Parents glued to Webcast of East Bay teens in Israel
• Future of camp, school hazy JEC workers axed but stay as volunteers
• U.S. praised for taking tough stand on Arafat

Week of August 01, 1997

• Chronology of bombings since 1993 Oslo Accords
• Israel goes from hope to grief
• Did suicide bombs kill peace plan too?
• JEC controller indicted in unrelated pyramid scheme

Week of July 25, 1997

• How to be a Jewish leader 101: Locals bone up on tradition
• In a career pickle? Win an S.F. deli
• Anti-Semitism in Switzerland throws gloom on reparations
• How to file claims for dormant Swiss bank accounts

Week of July 18, 1997

• JCC to gut, or raze and rebuild, S.F. site
• Maccabiah tragedy: `We lost the biggest moment of our lives'

Week of July 11, 1997

• Worried charity-backers rally to save programs
• Jewish Film Festival bucking old stereotypes, age barriers
• Liquidation halted by U.S. judge in S.F.

Week of June 27, 1997

• No July 4 paper
• JEC's bank accounts near empty, state says
• Student rabbis in S.F.: Rebuffed as Conservatives, 2 lesbians look to Reform
• Religious freedom ruling angers Jews

Week of June 20, 1997

• No July 4 Paper
• 3-pronged legal assault forces JEC into receivership
• Compromise in offing over non-Orthodox conversions
• It's rocks and gasoline bombs again, instead of peace talks

Week of June 13, 1997

• Secret cable from Israel's S.F. envoy sees peril in convert bill
• Jews in Germany today: Photos show sharp contradictions

Week of June 06, 1997

• Major leader of S.F. Jewry, Sinton dies
• East Bay federation plunges into pluralism battle
• Codes tell past, present, future: Book claiming scientific proof of God draws ire

Week of May 30, 1997

• Bay Area vets recall battles to save Israel
• Goldman gives $1 million for SFSU Jewish studies
• Six-Day War memories: 30 years later, revisionists ask how war began

Week of May 23, 1997

• Report urges JCF overhaul endowment's structure
• Torah scribe leans on 3,300-year history

Week of May 16, 1997

• Beth Sholom will raze, then rebuild its sanctuary
• Rabbi deepens his link with Judaism -- in a monastery

Week of May 09, 1997

• Rebel daughter tests parents' faith
• News Analysis: Will spy charges damage U.S.-Israel relations?
• U.S. report may bring a windfall to survivors

Week of May 02, 1997

• Dramatic photos capture survivors' `triumphant spirit'
• Spielberg group in `time war' to tape survivors

Week of April 25, 1997

• 100 years later, BJE is an antidote to assimilation
• News Analysis: Netanyahu is still dogged by scandal that won't quit

Week of April 18, 1997

• Beyond Passover: California kosher wines come of age
• Matzah not rising, but prices are in Bay Area
• News Analysis: Can Netanyahu survive if indicted?

Week of April 11, 1997

• Meditation: Jewish-style...550 contemplate at S.F. conference
• News Analysis: Is Netanyahu forging compromise on final-status talks?
• Rebecca Shulman dies at 100; past national Hadassah leader

Week of April 04, 1997

• UAHC camp renovates facility and changes its name
• News Analysis: Netanyahu says Arabs `ganging up' on him
• News Analysis: Conversion fracas could widen split among Jews

Week of March 28, 1997

• Federation shifting $1 million from UJA
• Tiny rabbinical group under fire for disavowing non-Orthodox
• News Analysis: Can a U.S. diplomat save peace efforts in Mideast?

Week of March 21, 1997

• First-of-a-kind coupon book offering big deals for Jews
• News Analysis: Har Homa bulldozing already shaky peace process

Week of March 14, 1997

• Calm urged in wake of massacre
• Rabbis attack gay inclusion in Shoah museum
• Local Jews in the military
• News Analysis: Netanyahu's problems couldn't be much worse

Week of March 07, 1997

• Cloning debate: `Where's God?'
• Jews face long wait for Swiss $5 billion

Week of February 28, 1997

• JEC revamps bookkeeping to show more charity aid
• News Analysis: If Netanyahu's toppled, then...
• ...Gen. Barak stands ready

Week of February 21, 1997

• JEC takes in millions, spends only 170n charity
• `It's been a very colorful journey' - After 35 years, Magnes director Fromer stepping down

Week of February 14, 1997

• 60 years after Jews battle fascism - Spanish Civil War vets: Passion still burns
• JFCS, Mt. Zion plan $36 million center for the frail elderly

Week of February 07, 1997

• BBYO - `It made me who I am,' alumni from the 1970s say
• Numbers may be down, but revival of group possible
• Knesset, tens of thousands weep for Israel's 73 dead

Week of January 31, 1997

• Hebrew Free Loan, at 100, still fulfilling Jewish dreams
• News Analysis: Switzerland finally faces its financing of the Nazis

Week of January 24, 1997

• A kvelling mom: Her once `gawky' kid saves Hebron deal
• News Analysis: Storms brewing over Hebron

Week of January 17, 1997

• News Analysis: Netanyahu -- now a pragmatist?
• Fine print reveals what's in store for Israeli-Palestinian relations
• For local, U.S. Jews, accord brings either relief or despair

Week of January 07, 1997

• Federations gamble on giving donors control
• Cool characters entice kids: Jewish superheroes work wonders in American comics

Week of January 03, 1997

• Colma graves marked by Stars of David: Where Jews bury their `sweet beasts'
• News Analysis - Following Hebron: Tougher hurdles?

Week of December 20, 1996

• U.S. Reform chief castigates Netanyahu and ultrareligious
• `I was lucky,' says Alamedan: Humor helps survivor overcome the deaths of his son and brother
• No Dec. 27 paper

Week of December 13, 1996

• Angry Tiburon Republican tells of Jew hunt - Nixon White House ordered IRS to probe even key Jewish aide
• UAHC to debate Reform rabbis doing mixed marriages

Week of December 06, 1996

• Menorah Radiance: S.F. artist's chanukiah lighting up the Smithsonian
• Netanyahu OKs talks exploring unity gov't.

Week of November 29, 1996

• Are 8 gifts really needed? - Jews from other countries say no
• Peace process on track, says writer of Oslo pact
• Magnes will affix mezuzah filled with AIDS blood

Week of November 22, 1996

• The Jewish psyche becomes ripe field for eating disorders
• Goal is to top last year's $2.3 million: Super Sunday target -- 10,000 Jewish households

Week of November 15, 1996

• Reunions of adoptees, birth parents spur joy, heartache
• News Analysis: Christopher's exit marks new era in Mideast

Week of November 08, 1996

• Jews vote against 209
• Which Clinton will emerge? Centrist or liberal?
• For Jewish members of Congress, it was a good week

Week of November 01, 1996

• S.F. accusations raise awareness
• Last in a Series: `Conspiracy of silence' fuels rabbis' sexual misdeeds
• Rabin Remembered

Week of October 26, 1996

• How a synagogue heals itself
• Second in a Series: Rabbinic sexual misconduct is rarely taken seriously
• JNF: Seeds of doubt - Report says only fifth of donations go to Israel, but no fraud is found

Week of October 18, 1996

• As welfare shrivels, local emigres chase U.S. citizenship
• Rabbi Robert Kirschner apologizes
• First in a Series: Rabbinic sexual misconduct -- breaching a sacred trust

Week of October 11, 1996

• Suicide underground: AIDS sufferers can easily find death pills here
• Shades of Holocaust?: Jews divided over doctors aiding suicide
• News Analysis: Netanyahu's Hebron deployment push upsets hardliners

Week of October 04, 1996

• Local media coverage attacked: It's Israel that area leaders back, not just Netanyahu
• News Analysis: Tension mounting as summit parties eye second round

Week of September 27, 1996

• Despite the odds, survivor thrives, has `miracle' family after Auschwitz
• New violence spawns fears of igniting intifada again

Week of September 20, 1996

• Forgiveness - At Yom Kippur, readers share their stories of reconciliation
• Israel's non-Orthodox seek to end religious monopoly

Week of September 13, 1996

• High Holy Days When the twice-a-year Jews return
• Non-Orthodox being forced into a corner in Israel
• JCF president seeks to build ties with synagogues

Week of September 06, 1996

• `Chernobyl kid' seeks asylum from anti-Semitism in Belarus
• When JCF hosts a `family dinner,' 1,600 folks RSVP
• Guilt, as Jewish as bagels and lox, can trigger growth

Week of August 30, 1996

• Area delegates see healing of rifts
• When Divine sparks fly
• Attendees call it a threat to Jewry

Week of August 23, 1996

• Coming to S.F. museum - Provocative exhibit asks: Just what is too Jewish?
• Jealousy and the Jews -- What does the Torah teach?

Week of August 16, 1996

• Bay Area Jews get a room of their own in Digital City
• Can GOP ticket overcome rightist platform? Kemp seen as ally on Jewish causes
• Can GOP ticket overcome rightist platform? Dole urged to run on economic plan

Week of August 09, 1996

• Welfare reform scares Bay Area emigres
• Messianics thrive in Bay Area, but S.F. rabbis aren't worried

Week of August 02, 1996

• Messianics covertly invading Jewish life
• Controversial editor : Tikkun's Lerner starts S.F. synagogue

Week of July 26, 1996

• JCF's drive hits record $19 million in pledges
• Magnes headlines century of Jewish life in Bulletin

Week of July 19, 1996

• Jewish genealogy: Seeking spirituality through the past
• `I feel like I'm defying the Nazis,' says librarian
• News analysis: U.S.-Israel tensions-Will they heat up?

Week of July 12, 1996

• Jewish Film Festival Expands to 3 weeks, Palo Alto, Web venues
• Lurie back in S.F. to head Jewish museum

Week of June 28, 1996

• Ex-Soviet teens eager for Jewish life, study shows
• News Analysis: Netanyahu -- unbending or flexible? Take your pick

Week of June 21, 1996

• Likud infighting erupts over Sharon, policies
• Likud deals irk backers of pluralism in the U.S.

Week of June 14, 1996

• Russian Jews pack because they fear Communist victory
• News Analysis: Three religious parties pushing their agenda
• Atlanta author re-opens 1958 temple bombing case

Week of June 07, 1996

• In wake of election:
• News Analysis: U.S. talks of good will but tough days ahead
• Members of the 14th Knesset

Week of May 31, 1996

• Orthodox, small parties are big election winners
• The Survivors - 2nd in an occassional series: S.F. architect's greatest feat - rebuilding his life

Week of May 24, 1996

• United Way cuts pummel all but one Jewish agency
• Ideology gaps blur in race for prime minister

Week of May 17, 1996

• Berkeley campaign aims at helping the Falas Mura
• Last of a Series: Future of stranded Ethiopians hanging on their Jewish identity
• News Analysis: `Floating voters' crucial in Israeli elections

Week of May 10, 1996

• First in a Series: Ethiopians starving as they wait to emigrate
• With outside funding cut, agencies seek federation aid

Week of May 3, 1996

• New savings plan to ease cost of teen trips to Israel
• Sunday flights beginning June 30, El Al will launch flights to Israel from S.F.
• News Analysis: Peres gets more from U.S. than expected

Week of April 26, 1996

• News Analysis: Grapes of Wrath may become disaster for Peres
• Last-minute JCF drive seeks $600,000 for emigre services
• Photo exhibit salutes Bulletin 100th year

Week of April 19, 1996

• Bay Area aids Kiryat Shmona
• News Analysis: Syrian pressure on Israel via Hezbollah backfires
• Biggest U.S. Jewish museum opens in L.A. featuring artifacts, environs

Week of April 12, 1996

• Love, business and Holocaust bind unlikely couple in S.F.
• News Analysis: Hezbollah could sway Israel vote from Peres

Week of April 5, 1996

• Vote for gay weddings symbolic but critical, Reform rabbis assert
• Pesach in a new homeland: Family's modern-day exodus - from Bosnia to the Bay Area

Week of March 29, 1996

• Modern Pesach plagues: AIDS, violence, hunger, anti-Semitism link to Exodus story today
• Keeping squirmy kids tuned in at seder isn't hard, experts say

Week of March 22, 1996

• Jerusalem 3000: City by the Bay to celebrate City of Gold's spiritual legacy
• Dole may be the victor, but...
• ...Buchanan won't disappear

Week of March 15, 1996

• News Analysis: Peres down in polls but rebounding, pundits say
• News Analysis: Summit's benefits outweigh failings
• Tourism drops after bombings Jewish groups reassuring travelers

Week of March 8, 1996

• Jews will recall '96 as year we lost Purim
• Tough mitzvah: recovering body parts
• Bay Area Jews react: Anguish and rage, shock and fear

Week of March 1, 1996

• UAHC buys Santa Rosa property for second camp
• Support for Netanyahu surges as Bombings fuel political shifts, anxiety
• Deadly bus bombings blow holes in Israel's security apparatus

Week of February 23, 1996

• News Analysis: Buchanan dogged by links to extremists
• Israel's cradle-to-grave protection shaky
• Environmental defender Rhoda Goldman dies

Week of February 16, 1996

• Koret offers teen trips to Israel for under $2,000
• A 50-year tale of love, war, friends and survival

Week of February 9, 1996

• `I have AIDS,' rabbi from S.F. reveals publicly
• News analysis: Why Peres wants to push Israel into early elections

Week of February 2, 1996

• Difficult choices for rabbis: Should they or shouldn't they perform interfaith nuptials?
• Difficult choices for rabbis: Some find ways to sanctify gay and lesbian relationships
• Bridging gap between two ways of life: Religious-secular `intramarriages' on the rise in Israel

Week of January 26, 1996

• Alternative magazine pushes boundaries of Jewish law, taste
• Arafat waffles on covenant; is peace imperiled?

Week of January 19, 1996

• Community gears up for federal budget cuts
• Never underestimate the power of evil, say scholars

Week of January 12, 1996

• Elie Wiesel transcends his status as survivor
• Domestic violence no stranger to Jewish life

Week of January 5, 1996

• Bulletin hits 100; celebration to last all year
• Palestinians try democratic elections as Israel watches
• Welcome to our 100th volume...or should it be 145?
• The Bulletin back then

Week of December 22, 1995

• Brandeis gets room to grow by purchasing campus, JCC
• Israel-U.S. links stress coalition, not charity
• No Jewish Bulletin on Dec. 29

Week of December 15, 1995

• New forum launched in cyberspace, linking 300,000 Jews across country
• Chanukah - modern miracles multiply
• Right wing upstaging peace-process backers in U.S.

Week of December 8, 1995

• Educate kids in just one faith, say leaders of Reform movement
• U.S. Jews fight own ambivalence over link to Israel

Week of December 1, 1995

• New Torah translation: a radical approach
• U.S. Jews focus on homefront

Week of November 24, 1995

• Jewish women isolated from community despite advances, new study finds
• Home schooling: Instilling Jewish family values

Week of November 17, 1995

• Nuremberg -- 50 years after trial of Nazi horrors
• In wake of killing, are rifts among U.S. Jews widening?
• 1,000 volunteers gear up for Super Sunday phonathon

Week of November 10, 1995

• Thousands in Bay Area come out to honor Israel's slain `father figure'
• Bay Area-connected Jews bare souls in wake of assassination
• Assassination aftermath: Only uncertainties remain

Week of November 3, 1995

• Artists liberate menorot, illuminating traditional forms with new visions
• Fifth national census On eve of millenium, a new Israel begins counting heads -- and cars

Week of October 27, 1995

• Many Jewish groups and synagogues in East Bay going online
• Intel will become Israel's top foreign investor
• From fantasy to reality:Women to grab bigger role in Judaism

Week of October 20, 1995

• Million Man question: Will Farrakhan's rise kill black-Jewish ties?
• In year 2045 -- A Jewish president, but apathetic Jews

Week of October 13, 1995

• AJCongress launches new campaign to back affirmative action policies
• Intermarriage may stunt Jewish fund-raising in future

Week of October 6, 1995

• Are Ashkenazi women more at risk? Caution to Jews: Don't panic over breast cancer study
• Demographic time-bomb could decimate Jewish life as we know it

Week of September 29, 1995

• Yom Kippur: Rabbis must balance responsibility, spirituality
• Phase 2 of peace pact evokes mixed Israeli reactions

Week of September 22, 1995

• TIME TO REFLECT: Local Jews see new beginnings for Rosh Hashanah
• Emigres recall vivid sights and smells of New Years past

Week of September 15, 1995

• First West Coast rabbinical school to open
• `Eco-kosher' concept leads Jews back to roots

Week of September 8, 1995

• Guess who's in the used car business now? Local Jewish groups eye cash
• Bill threatens lobbying by nonprofit Jewish agencies

Week of September 1, 1995

• Local Jews rally around orphan emigre after brother is fatally shot
• Women carving new place in Orthodox Judaism

Week of August 25, 1995

• Family of slain S.F. native still backs peace plan
• New rituals fortify women's connection to Judaism

Week of August 18, 1995

• Two decades of progress: Feminists alter Jewish life but envision long fight for equal rights
• Is anti-Zionism dead at U.N. women's confab?

Week of August 11, 1995

• Mourning rituals help Jews confront the grief of loss
• Children become pawns in settlers' West Bank battle

Week of August 4, 1995

• U.S. cuts threaten Jewish refugees
• Chernobyl kids in S.F. for Judaism, medical aid

Week of July 28, 1995

• Bulletin launches online edition
• Liberals turn right: U.S.-born settlers fight for turf as peace looms

Week of July 21, 1995

• Meat prices may soar: Proposed USDA rules worry kosher industry
• Holocaust survivors in conflict over Bosnian war

Week of July 14, 1995

• Poll says area Jews support Palestinian state but fear risks to Israel
• War, peace, love star in 42 films from 9 countries

Week of June 30, 1995

• GAMBLING: Odds favor casinos in Israel
• Bulletin moving: New telephone number; No paper July 7
• Time in Israel turns Otzma youths into`full-time Jews'

Week of June 23, 1995

• Jewish culture, scholarship booming here
• Rebbe's gravesite draws 1,000 prayers each day -- by fax

Week of June 16, 1995

• Is third party in the offing? Sharansky forges olim into political force
• What Jews remember about founding of U.N.

Week of June 9, 1995

• Finland: Where Jews fought on the side of the Nazis
• JCC pins hopes on trouble-shooter, fund-raiser

Week of June 02, 1995

• `Jerusalem 3000' bash snarled in multiple disputes
• Experts debunk new depression study on Jewish male despondency

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