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Thursday, June 4, 2009

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Featured Stories Obama in Cairo: See conflict through eyes of the other An Orthodox man at an electronics store in Jerusalem watched as President Obama delivered his speech in Cairo, June 4, 2009. (Kobi Gideon / FLASH90 / JTA) Reiterating his call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, President Obama called on each side to see the conflict through the eyes of the other. Read more » Reaction to the speech Media pundits and Jewish organizations are weighing in on the president's speech in Cairo. See which ones are pleased, displeased or somewhere in between. Read more » The Obama speech: Video and transcript What the president said about the Israeli-Palestinian issue, Iran and everything else. Read more » Breaking News The man charged with killing a soldier in an attack on an Arkansas military recruiting center had been researching Jewish sites. Indirect talks have resumed for the release of Gilad Shalit, an Arab newspaper reported The White House wants to work through its differences with Israel over settlements "quietly, professionally, and without rancor or ultimatums," according to an e-mail from an unnamed White House official. Some Israeli teachers are using an educational kit on the Nakba without the approval of the Education Ministry. West Bank settlers began setting up two new outposts amid accusations of violence. Right-wing activists outside the American Consulate in Jerusalem protested Obama administration statements regarding Jewish settlements. Israel's top army general in charge of the West Bank has received letters containing death threats. Eighty-seven House members signed a J Street-backed letter to the president calling for "strong American leadership" to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a new audiotape broadcast on Al Jazeera, a voice purported to be Osama bin Laden criticizes President Obama for "increasing animosity toward Muslims." A German court has ruled that two men forced to work for the Nazis during World War II are entitled to a pension. The president of the European Jewish Congress condemned the increasing anti-Semitic rhetoric in the run-up to the European Union Parliament elections. Editors' Picks The German overture Reform Judaism magazine shares the story of how in 1943, a year before the Valkyrie plot to assassinate Hitler, the German High Command offered to turn Wehrmacht forces against the Waffen-SS Nazi troops and help America win the war. Roeder's religion Scott Roeder, the killer of abortion doctor George Tiller, observed Sabbath from Friday night through Saturday, according to his ex-wife. But, The Associated Press reported, he apparently was part of a church based on the Old Testament, and not Jewish. Barney Frank: Dear Obama... Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) liked most, but not all, of the AIPAC-backed letter to the president that 329 of his House colleagues signed last month. So instead of signing on, he wrote his own letter to the president. The mustachioed face of Birthright gets handlebarred in Anchorage Alexander Antebi, the 2007 beard and mustache champ and a Birthright alum, fails to defend his title.