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Loose Change: Madoff meets the Jewish press Jews in Minnesota lost millions, according to the American Jewish World. The Washington Jewish Week reports on the losses in the D.C.-area's Jewish community. The Jewish Journal of Boston North has an exclusive interview with Robert Lappin, whose foundation was forced to close. The L.A. Jewish Journal launches its "Swindler's List" blog. Communities in several major cities dodged a bullet. The Forward provides a list of those who didn't.

Weighing in on Madoff A roundup of what's being said by Jewish leaders and pundits about the Madoff scandal.

ADL: Anti-Semites and Madoff The Anti-Defamation League has published a memo titled "Antisemitism and the Madoff Scandal."

Political Tidbits: Outreach to Iran Eli Lake of the New Republic says the Obama administration is considering the creation of a new position to coordinate outreach to Iran. A former CIA director denies that he drunkenly referred to neoconservatives as "the Jews." Norm Coleman's lead is down to two votes. The PLO, the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Conference take out full-page ads in the New York Times and the Washington Post. Breaking News As the six-month Hamas-Israel cease-fire officially ended, Israel's air force struck a number of targets in the Gaza Strip in response to heavy Kassam rocket fire into southern Israel. A senior Israeli defense official visited Moscow in an attempt to dissuade Russia from selling missile defense systems to Iran. Jewish groups are criticizing a rule issued Thursday by the Bush administration allowing health-care workers to refuse to participate in providing services that they feel violate their personal, moral or religious beliefs. Leaders of 29 Jewish organizations met with representatives of Barack Obama's transition team. Iran's nuclear goals are military, and the country could have a nuclear bomb in two to three years, a French Foreign Affairs Commission said. The alleged seller in a controversial West Bank land deal has been dead nearly 50 years, according to an investigation by the Associated Press. A Palestinian patriarch offered a bride to the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush. A top Israeli official met with his Russian counterparts to discuss arms sales to Iran. A Norwegian Jew filed a complaint against a comedian who mocked the Holocaust. Ehud Olmert will meet with Turkey's prime minister to discuss progressing to direct peace talks with Syria. An Israeli woman plans to prove to a rabbinical court that her husband is cheating on her by using DNA testing. Some well-known pro-Israel activists and a leading Jewish organization are among the large donors to Bill Clinton's charitable foundation. The French government envisions a shared Jerusalem and compensation for Palestinian refugees as part of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.