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Featured Stories Israel on same Iran page as U.S., waiting to see on Palestinians U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pose for photographers before their meeting March 3, 2009 in Jerusalem. (Pool Photo / BPH Images) On the Iran threat, Israel is deferentially following the Obama administration's lead. As for talks with the Palestinians, Israel wants to know more. Read more » Orthodox female rabbi? False alarm What do you call an Orthodox woman who learns like a rabbi, teaches like a rabbi and has a job description like a rabbi? Apparently anything but rabbi. Read more » Jeff and Dan hit Damascus Ron Kampeas looks at the two officials that Hillary Clinton is dispatching to Syria. Read more » Fear and loathing in Europe: Islamophobia and the challenge of integration Islamophobia -- the fear, hatred, discrimination or negative stereotyping of Muslims -- has become a leading form of xenophobia in Europe and is inextricably connected with anti-immigrant sentiment. Read more » Megillat Esther: A contemporary struggle between good and evil The story of Esther, Mordechai and Haman is really a contemporary tale about our struggle between good and evil inclinations. Read more »

Breaking News Iranian missiles can hit Israel's nuclear sites, according to the chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Israel is a "cancerous tumor," Iran's spiritual leader said. Hillary Rodham Clinton called on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes in eastern Jerusalem. The head of France's Jewish political umbrella group told members of the country's government that "anti-Semitism is back." Israel's Chief Rabbinate Council will discuss whether non-Jews can obtain a civil marriage contract in Israel, Israel's chief Ashkenazi rabbi said. A young woman on a Birthright Israel trip hurriedly became an Israeli citizen to receive an emergency liver transplant. Nine Congress members are seeking an investigation into the financial ties between the new National Intelligence Council chairman and Saudi Arabia. A Russian Jewish umbrella group says it is extremely concerned about a textbook on religion that blames Jews for injustices in the wake of Russia's 1917 revolution. Russia will deliver 50 armored vehicles to the Palestinian Authority, the Russian foreign minister said. Vandals desecrated a synagogue in a breakaway Moldovan territory. Banned material related to the neo-Nazi music scene was confiscated in a sting operation in Germany, according to the Federal Criminal Agency in Wiesbaden.

Editors' Picks Capital J: Obama's (Samantha) Power to change hearts and minds? The buzz in Washington: Samantha Power talks with Jewish leaders about Durban II. Who is going to Syria? Congresswoman's Middle East forum tilts to the left. Top GOP leaders sign on to call for investigation of Obama's pro-Saudi pick. Will Avigdor Lieberman hurt U.S.-Israel ties? Will Franken vs. Coleman ever end? Sharing Jerusalem With Arabs moving to Jewish Jerusalem, could mixed neighborhoods be a sign of the city's future? Iran to Hollywood: Say you're sorry Courtesy of MEMRI: An Iranian official says that if Barack Obama wants Tehran to know that he's serious about change, he'll get Hollywood to apologize to Iran. Messing with 'Waltz,' 'The Zohan' & the Gaza blockade Writing in the Forward, Liel Leibovitz says it's not too late for Academy Awards voters to rectify their snub of "Waltz With Bashir." Of course, the New York Jewish Week's Jonathan Mark is probably happy that it lost. Hillel Halkin has plenty to say about the film itself, if not the Oscars. Plus: Michael Oren messes with "The Zohan" and "Waltz" animator messes with Gaza blockade.