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The top U.N. nuclear proliferation official refused to take a position on whether Israel should exist as a Jewish state.

An Israeli missile struck a gunman's vehicle in Gaza after mortar shells launched from the strip struck southern Israel.

There is a "concrete, high-level threat" of a Hezbollah terror attack, Israel's Counter Terrorism Bureau warned.

The International Criminal Court is exploring ways to prosecute Israeli commanders for alleged war crimes in Gaza, according to a British newspaper report.

A swastika was painted on a synagogue in Portland, Maine.

The Spanish government is introducing legislation to keep its judges from prosecuting foreign officials for war crimes.

Iranian officials have been meeting with U.S. nongovernment nuclear nonproliferation specialists for months.

Agudath Israel of America is criticizing the economic stimulus legislation for not treating religious schools equitably.

The father of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit met with the Shas Party's spiritual leader.

The French Jewish umbrella group met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy to convey the "concern" of French Jews faced with a sharp rise in anti-Semitism.

One of Sholom Aleichem's homes in Kiev was demolished on the eve of the anniversary of his birth.

A group of more than 100 South African Muslims has condemned calls to boycott Jewish-owned businesses.

Judaism's Reform movement launched a new "green" initiative.

Israel paid more than $2 million to the family of a British cameraman shot and killed by an Israeli soldier in Gaza.

U.S. Rep. Steven Rothman (D-N.J.) appealed to Jewish leaders to back his bid to increase oversight of the U.N.'s relief agency for Palestinians.

The bishop rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI despite his denial of the Nazi gas chambers apologized for causing "unnecessary distress and problems" with his statements.

An Orthodox Las Vegas police detective will be allowed to wear a beard and head covering on duty.

Lore Rasmussen, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany who became an American civil rights activist and pioneer in mathematics education, has died.

Lani Silver, founder of the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project, has died.

Tzipi Livni said next week's election in Israel is about whether or not to go for pea

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Synagogue attack adds to fears in Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, at a recent march in Caracas, is drawing criticism from Jewish organizations following an attack against a synagogue. (Bernardo Londoy / Creative Commons)

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Op-Ed: World must speak out against Chavez

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Editors' Picks

Dear Venezuela Following the attack on a Caracas synagogue over the weekend, and the breakdown in Israel-Venezuela relations following the Gaza war, an editorial in the Jerusalem Post urges Israeli leaders to press their case directly with the Venezuelan people.

Turkish liberalism on the wane In the wake of the Davos throwdown between the Israeli and Turkish presidents, a Turkey expert wonders whether the country is abandoning its liberal democratic heritage.

Madoff as mirror Commentary's Jonathan Tobin weighs in on the Madoff scandal, arguing that the lesson to be learned may be that Jewish outreach hasn't worked.

Buzz in D.C. The latest from JTA's politics blog: Michael Steele (the new RNC chairman) and the Jews. J Street thanks "60 Minutes" for its critical look at Israeli settlements. Another Jewish senator? The Reform and Orthodox agree on president Obama's pick to run faith-based office.

The gods must be crazy The Jerusalem Post takes a look at an obscure religion whose tiny community in Israel planned a massive orgy for world peace in Tel Aviv.