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Breaking News The United States looks forward to working with Israel's new government, Hillary Rodham Clinton said in Israel. The International March of the Living will protest a United Nations anti-racism summit with a gathering at a death camp the same day. Israel filed a complaint with the U.N. Security Council over the continued rocket fire on Israeli civilians from Gaza. The Jewish Council for Public Affairs passed resolutions endorsing the possible use of military force in Darfur and encouraging Muslim-Jewish dialogue. Argentina imposed an embargo on five Iranian properties in the Buenos Aires area. Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman met with leaders of the religious parties to settle differences. The European Jewish Congress called on the European Union to boycott an upcoming United Nations anti-racism conference. Hillary Rodham Clinton is sending two envoys to Syria, including the White House official who led Jewish outreach during the Obama campaign. Israeli aircraft bombed six Gaza smuggling tunnels President Obama sent a secret letter to Russia's president offering to retreat from deploying a missile defense system in Europe if Russia intensified its commitment to isolate Iran. Australia pledged an extra $13 million to help rebuild Gaza as pressure mounted on the Labor government to withdraw from an upcoming anti-racism conference. A new Internet device allows scholars and the public to search an index of the comprehensive archive of the American Soviet Jewry movement.

Netanyahu faces moment of truth Consensus in the international community for a Palestinian state doesn't appear to be swaying Benjamin Netanyahu, right, seen with current U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell in February 2008. (Brian Hendler) Pressed to take a firm stand on the two-state solution, Benjamin Netanyahu's moment of truth may have come sooner than he wanted. Read more » Synagogue hails Dutch lawmaker as a hero In his home continent, Dutch politician Geert Wilders is something of a pariah over his harsh views on Islam, but he was cheered during a recent speech at a synagogue near Boston and is receiving support from two organizations with strong ties to the American Jewish community. Read more »

Editors' Picks

It's not anti-Semitism, stupid If protesting Israel's actions in Gaza constitutes anti-Semitism, how come so many Jews practice it? asks Al Hayat columnist Jihad El-Khazen.

The Search for Wallenberg Decades after his arrest by the Soviets, The Wall Street Journal revisits the disappearance of the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust and the toll on his family of their search for information.

How do you sell mayonnaise to the goyim? In the spirit of Purim, Sheryl Zohn & Rob Kutner imagine a Jewish version of the critically acclaimed television drama "Mad Men."

Happy Birthday Sholem! On the occasion of the famed Yiddish writer's birth, a new translation of Sholem Aleichem's novel "Wandering Stars" has appeared. NPR has the story.

A Jew goes to England Israeli actress Iris Bahr discusses her apprehension about performing her acclaimed play "Dai" in London in a piece in the Huffington Post.

Hadassah staying the course Hadassah President Nancy Falchuk says that despite significant layoffs, the organization's plan to improve Hadassah remains unchanged.