Israel

"New Jerusalem": A Study in Grime

Muni Runs Pro-Israel Ad on Buses, Calling Palestinians "Savages"

We're not sure when the Israel vs. Palestine conflict became a nonpolitical issue, but apparently, to Muni it is. The transit agency, which has a policy against running political ads, is running this very political ad on its buses for the next four weeks: So if that's not political what is? A shirtl ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

We're not sure when the Israel vs. Palestine conflict became a nonpolitical issue, but apparently, to Muni it is. The transit agency, which has a policy against running political ads, is running this very political ad on its buses for the next four weeks: So if that's not political what is? A shirtl ... More >>

Jello Biafra's 'Ultimate Third Rail': Why the Outspoken SF Punk Rocker Abandoned Plans to Play in Israel

Last summer, SF punk rocker, notorious political rabble-rouser, and former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra was booked to perform in Israel, along with his band, the Guantanamo School of Medicine, in support of their new Enhanced Methods of Questioning EP. But their plans raised quite a controver ... More >>

Sweet Genius Is Pretty Much the Most Ridiculous Thing on the Food Network

​Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what is going on with televised cooking. This week: Sweet Genius, a one-hour show about lollipops and death, Thursdays at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. Oh, hell. It's come to this. The Food Network sees pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel with his evil bal ... More >>

"Miral": Julian Schnabel's Newest Has Plenty of Style, Little Substance

​Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what is going on with televised cooking. This week: Sweet Genius, a one-hour show about lollipops and death, Thursdays at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. Oh, hell. It's come to this. The Food Network sees pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel with his evil bal ... More >>

Jewish Woman Sues UC Berkeley Over Campus Assault by Member of Palestinian Student Group

A weapon of mass destruction?​Even on a culturally diverse campus like UC Berkeley, tensions between Israel and Palestinians run deep. A 20-year-old Jewish student has hired San Francisco attorneys to defend her claim that another student belonging to the Students For Justice in Palestine assaulte ... More >>

"The Time That Remains": A pointillist portrait of Israeli Arabs

A weapon of mass destruction?​Even on a culturally diverse campus like UC Berkeley, tensions between Israel and Palestinians run deep. A 20-year-old Jewish student has hired San Francisco attorneys to defend her claim that another student belonging to the Students For Justice in Palestine assaulte ... More >>

Have a Jelly Doughnut for Hanukkah

Israel Kosher Meat's sufganiyah, $2.​Israel Kosher Meat, Poultry & Deli is a Russian Jewish deli in the Outer Richmond that wears its age as unabashedly as it does its faith. While the shelves are sparsely stocked and the front window needs a good scrubbing, Yelpers love the place for its ... More >>

Matisyahu Talks Keeping Kosher, Observing Shabbat on Tour

Beau Grealy​Shabbat is a Jewish tradition when friends and family come together every Friday night and Saturday to relax and reflect as the workweek recedes. Some Jews are more observant than others: where there's one Jew eating a double bacon cheeseburger (totally unkosher), there's another who ... More >>

Pick a Side, Any Side: Israel, Palestine-Flag Wavers Gear Up For Rallies, Positive Reinforcement

www.indybay.orgOne or the other​San Francisco's City Hall is rarely a serene place. It's even less so when partisans of the Middle East's sectarian violence shout, sloganeer and wave their respective flags at each other before they head inside and shout, sloganeer (but hopefully leave their flags ... More >>

The Subtle Joys of Sherith Israel, City's Oldest Temple

'Charmed and impressed...'​Like any San Franciscan with an appreciation of the city's past, I enjoy Carl Nolte's work for the Chronicle. I particularly enjoyed Tuesday's piece about Sherith Israel, the 105-year-old synagogue on California Street and repository of so many sepia-toned civic memories ... More >>

Screening Rights

'Charmed and impressed...'​Like any San Franciscan with an appreciation of the city's past, I enjoy Carl Nolte's work for the Chronicle. I particularly enjoyed Tuesday's piece about Sherith Israel, the 105-year-old synagogue on California Street and repository of so many sepia-toned civic memories ... More >>

The Wedding Song

'Charmed and impressed...'​Like any San Franciscan with an appreciation of the city's past, I enjoy Carl Nolte's work for the Chronicle. I particularly enjoyed Tuesday's piece about Sherith Israel, the 105-year-old synagogue on California Street and repository of so many sepia-toned civic memories ... More >>

Masters of Puppets

'Charmed and impressed...'​Like any San Franciscan with an appreciation of the city's past, I enjoy Carl Nolte's work for the Chronicle. I particularly enjoyed Tuesday's piece about Sherith Israel, the 105-year-old synagogue on California Street and repository of so many sepia-toned civic memories ... More >>

Rock the Shul

'Charmed and impressed...'​Like any San Franciscan with an appreciation of the city's past, I enjoy Carl Nolte's work for the Chronicle. I particularly enjoyed Tuesday's piece about Sherith Israel, the 105-year-old synagogue on California Street and repository of so many sepia-toned civic memories ... More >>

Why Can't Radicals Protest JUST ONE THING At a Time?

"What're you protesting against, Johnny?" "Whaddya got?" Why protesters who can't stick to the subject deserve nothing but contempt To those of us who live in the Bay Area, it's old hat by now - but to my family and friends in the Midwest, it's still baffling. "Wait, so, these people went t ... More >>

Visit Israel ... Now? Billboard in Prime Location May Not Be Spurring Travel to Mideast Warzone, But That's OK: It's Free

The Israel tourism industry may be flagging, but it appears the billboard business is doing even worse. By Joe EskenaziDrivers entering and leaving San Francisco may have been surprised to see giant billboards featuring the Semitic version of what appears to be the Sex and the City crew -- Sex and ... More >>

Antarctica

The Israel tourism industry may be flagging, but it appears the billboard business is doing even worse. By Joe EskenaziDrivers entering and leaving San Francisco may have been surprised to see giant billboards featuring the Semitic version of what appears to be the Sex and the City crew -- Sex and ... More >>

R.I.P: Dr. Dan Kliman

The Israel tourism industry may be flagging, but it appears the billboard business is doing even worse. By Joe EskenaziDrivers entering and leaving San Francisco may have been surprised to see giant billboards featuring the Semitic version of what appears to be the Sex and the City crew -- Sex and ... More >>

Severe Storm Alert

The Israel tourism industry may be flagging, but it appears the billboard business is doing even worse. By Joe EskenaziDrivers entering and leaving San Francisco may have been surprised to see giant billboards featuring the Semitic version of what appears to be the Sex and the City crew -- Sex and ... More >>

60 and Counting

The Israel tourism industry may be flagging, but it appears the billboard business is doing even worse. By Joe EskenaziDrivers entering and leaving San Francisco may have been surprised to see giant billboards featuring the Semitic version of what appears to be the Sex and the City crew -- Sex and ... More >>

My Father, My Lord

The Israel tourism industry may be flagging, but it appears the billboard business is doing even worse. By Joe EskenaziDrivers entering and leaving San Francisco may have been surprised to see giant billboards featuring the Semitic version of what appears to be the Sex and the City crew -- Sex and ... More >>

Mack the Kunafa

New tastes from the Middle East.

Gandhi says Jews will destroy the world

New tastes from the Middle East.

Letters to the Editor

New tastes from the Middle East.

Repertory Film Listings

New tastes from the Middle East.

Ace Up His Sleeve

Joe Carnahan's overly slick, heavily edited dark comedy works despite itself

Letters to the Editor

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Disturbing the Peace

The local conversation between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian activists is getting less civil every day. And Lee Kaplan's tactics aren't helping.

Repertory Film Listings

The local conversation between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian activists is getting less civil every day. And Lee Kaplan's tactics aren't helping.

Repertory Film Listings

The local conversation between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian activists is getting less civil every day. And Lee Kaplan's tactics aren't helping.

View From the Top

The rare story of a powerful female politician whose private life is secondary

Reps Etc.

The rare story of a powerful female politician whose private life is secondary

Reps Etc.

The rare story of a powerful female politician whose private life is secondary

Golda's Story

Portrait of a prime minister

Murder

A shocking anti-war play whose brilliance isn't evoked by the cast

Reps Etc.

A shocking anti-war play whose brilliance isn't evoked by the cast

Guns, God, and Land

A shocking anti-war play whose brilliance isn't evoked by the cast

Letters to the Editor

Week of October 29, 2003

Reps Etc.

Week of October 29, 2003

Letter From the Middle East

David Hare evokes a whole region through one man

Films and Shooting

Two of the most powerful documentaries in this year's Jewish Film Festival are about ... Palestinians

The Rabbi Who Would Save the World

Michael Lerner has won many followers with his ideas for world peace. But if all he is preaching is the Golden Rule, why is he so controversial?

Best Place to Find a Latvian Liqueur

Cannery Wine Cellars

Spy vs Spite

The Clinton administration has praised the Anti-Defamation League for helping shield kids from Internet hate. But should a group that spied on thousands of Californians be allowed to police the Web?

Night & Day

The Clinton administration has praised the Anti-Defamation League for helping shield kids from Internet hate. But should a group that spied on thousands of Californians be allowed to police the Web?

Zoom Lens

The Clinton administration has praised the Anti-Defamation League for helping shield kids from Internet hate. But should a group that spied on thousands of Californians be allowed to police the Web?

Speaking in Tongues

A cacophony of accents, from Russian to Arabic, rings through the Jewish Film Festival