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For visiting Americans, a brush with terror in Sderot

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, with Sderot Mayor David Bouskila and a Sderot police official on Jan. 4, 2009, stands in front of a collection of Kassam rockets that have hit the southern Israeli city in the past eight years. (Spencer Tucker/Office of Mayor Bloomberg)

A delegation of American Jewish leaders received a firsthand taste of life in southern Israel when a Hamas rocket struck just 300 feet from where they had taken cover. Read more »

Riotous pro-Palestinian marches spark anxiety among French Jews

More than 4,000 people turned out for a pro-Israel demonstration in Paris, just a day after the French capital was rocked by an anti-Israel march that turned violent. Read more »

Organizers of British anti-war protests turn eye toward Gaza

When more than 1 million people marched in central London five years ago to protest the Iraq wars, it was the biggest demonstration ever seen in the British capital. Now the Stop the War Coalition, the umbrella organization which arranged that demonstration and others against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has taken over the planning of protests against Israel's military action in Gaza. Read more »

War in my own backyard

An ex-journalist who covered the first intifada and Gulf War now sees the fighting with a different perspective: as the mother of two children living with the fear of rocket fire and wailing sirens that warn of impending danger. Read more »

Editors' Picks

Weighing in on Gaza fighting Bill Kristol says Israel will do better in Gaza than it did in Lebanon. Yossi Klein Halevi stands by the wisdom of the 2005 Gaza withdrawal. John Bolton wants Gaza returned to Egypt. Wallace Shawn says Israel's leaders are irrational.

Bloomberg on CNN New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg takes to the airwaves on CNN to defend Israel -- and pushes back against the anchor's push back.

Dove fight JTA's Ami Eden unpacks the verbal tussle between two outspoken doves: The Reform movement's Eric Yoffie and J Street's Jeremy Ben-Ami.

Merkin says... The Other Merkin speaks: Ezra Merkin's sister says the financial industry is still an exclusively male bastion.

Political Tidbits: Franken wins? The Washington Post says Al Franken is 'good enough, he's smart enough, and, gosh darn it, he's a U.S. senator.' The A.P. talks with Rahm Emanuel's rabbi. A look at the man at the center of the brewing scandal that sunk Bill Richardson's appointment.

Hollywood gets tough on Jews Films like "Defiance" represent a major change from the Woody Allen image of the nebbishy Jew in American film, writes Lewis Beale.

Lessons on love After converting a Klansman, reviving a dying Queens synagogue should be no sweat for Rabbi Michael Weisser. Breaking News At least 35 rockets shot from Gaza pounded southern Israel as Israel prepared to transfer humanitarian aid to the Palestinians on the second day of its ground operation against Hamas. Dennis Ross said the United States should back a cease-fire in Gaza only if it ensures that Hamas "can't rebuild." President Bush blamed Hamas for the current Gaza Strip operation and said a cease-fire must end the group's rocket fire. Israel's Supreme Court approved a request by the army to seal off a terrorist's home. Lebanon and Hezbollah do not want to be dragged into the Gaza conflict, a Lebanese government official said. Israel sends ground troops into the Gaza Strip; Israeli soldier killed; Ehud Barak warns operation will not be short or easy. Operation sets off angry protests around the world. Officials in Kiev expressed doubt about the proportionality of military power used by Israel in its Gaza operation. Police made eight arrests during a demonstration by thousands against Israel in Berlin. Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Australia protested Israel's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. Italy is ready to take "any useful action" that would help arrange a cease-fire in Gaza, its foreign minister said. Pope Benedict XVI renewed calls for peace in the Middle East. YouTube has restored unrestricted access to videos uploaded by the Israel Defense Forces. The United Nations Security Council failed to agree on a statement calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Acclaimed Israeli film "Waltz with Bashir" received another major boost when the cream of American movie critics picked the path-breaking film for top honors. Paul Hofmann, an author and longtime New York Times reporter who informed against the Nazis during World War II, has died. Polish writer Henryk Halkowski, one of Poland's most notable contemporary Jewish personalities, died suddenly. Sheldon Adelson topped a list of the biggest American losers in the current financial crisis.