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Featured Stories Haredi protests in Jerusalem highlight difference with Diaspora Fervently Orthodox protesters in Jerusalem scuffle with police as they try to block the entrance to a parking lot open on the Sabbath, July 25, 2009. (Yossi Zamir / Flash 90 / JTA) The violent nature of recent protests in Israel against the opening of a Jerusalem parking lot on Shabbat highlighted a major difference between fervently Orthodox Israeli and Diaspora Jews: the willingness of some protesters to resort to violence. Read more » Whistle-blowing prof played key role in trafficking case Nancy Scheper-Hughes, an anthropology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, alerted the FBI in 2001 to the alleged organ trafficker Levy Itzak Rosenbaum, helping lead to a probe that would result in the string of arrests in New Jersey. Read more »

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Gates, Crowley and the Jews On the eve of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Jim Crowley's trip to the White House for a makeup beer with the president, The Wall Street Journal and JTA find some Jewish-related reasons why maybe they all can just get along.

The Daily Dwek: Saying sorry, buying a kidney The Forward has two interesting reports related to last week's arrests: one from Nathaniel Popper on a surprise apology, the other from Rebecca Dube on how to buy a black-market kidney.

Dear Jon Stewart Ron Rosenbaum wants Jon Stewart to change his name. Again. Back to Leibowitz.

Obama too tough on Israel In an editorial, the Washington Post says Obama has been "guilty of missteps" and needs to show both parties to the Middle East conflict that he can be trusted. Breaking News Israel's prime minister has frozen a construction project in an eastern Jerusalem suburb. A grand jury indicted the white supremacist charged with killing a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The trustee for Bernard Madoff's estate is suing the disgraced money manager's wife, Ruth, for $45 million. The date for the National Weekend of Remembrance has been changed so it will not conflict with Rosh Hashanah. Chabad-Lubavitch filed a motion against Russia at the District Court for the District of Columbia. Ninety-seven percent of Israeli adults surveyed know the Jewish date of the Holy Temple's destruction, a survey reported. Turkey has officially requested to mediate unity talks between Palestinian factions, according to reports. Shimon Peres has asked Israel's interior minister not to deport the children of foreign workers. The Israeli military is reviewing about 100 complaints accusing soldiers of criminal acts during its military offensive in Gaza. A search is underway for a dual Israeli-American citizen missing in India's mountainous Pervati Valley region. The Canadian embassy in Caracas soon will be able to help Venezuelan Jews obtain Israeli visas.