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The United States and British governments suppressed information about the extent of the Holocaust, the Vatican's official newspaper charged.

Israel's interior minister called West Bank outposts "legal settlement" during a tour of the area.

Two more Israelis died after contracting swine flu, bringing the death total as a result of the virus to nine.

Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee defended the right of Jewish people to live in eastern Jerusalem.

A soldier stole the credit card number of the Israeli army's chief of staff, as well as three firearms.

Israeli troops shot an Egyptian soldier patrolling the border after mistaking him for a terrorist.

Neo-Nazi graffiti was painted on the house of a senior Jewish politician in Australia.

Google launched a Palestinian domain with the words "Palestinian Territories" added to its logo.

Israel's ambassador to the United States said his country is "far from even contemplating" a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Iran will try a Jewish teenager during a mass trial of opposition supporters.

One hundred Jewish clerics and organizational leaders signed a letter reproaching the Egyptian president for hosting his Sudanese counterpart.

Seven Baha'i adherents accused of spying for Israel will go on trial in Tehran.

A former Israeli Jew was elected to the Palestinian Fatah Party's governing body.

Ten people were arrested in the beating death of a man on a north Tel Aviv beach.

Clashes between Hamas security officials and an Islamist group with links to al-Qaida left at least 22 dead in Gaza.

Cantor Isaac Goodfriend, a Holocaust survivor who sang the national anthem at President Jimmy Carter's inauguration in 1977, has died.

Prosecutors charged a Ukrainian mayor with inciting ethnic hatred after complaints were filed by Jewish groups.

Plans for an international neo-Nazi rally were suspended after Hungarian police refused permission to hold the demonstration.

Shimon Peres will meet with Russian President Dimitry Medvedev to discuss Iran policy and other issues.

President Obama's attempt to engage the government of Iran is critical to rallying international support for severe sanctions, according to a top Jewish congressman.

A top Jewish congressman defended an Israeli diplomat who was carpeted for a memo criticizing his government's handling of relations with Washington.

Concerns about Syria's relations with Iran and North Korea led the Obama administration to establish a dialogue, a spokesman said. Featured Stories Holocaust films keep coming, despite prediction of their demise "Inglourious Basterds" features Brad Pitt as the leader of a band of American Jewish soldiers wreaking havoc on the German army. (Universal Pictures) Another wave of Holocaust-related films is on the way, as Hollywood kicks things off Aug. 21 with the opening of Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds." At least another five are set to see wider distribution in the coming months. Read more » Oren navigates waters among Israel, U.S. government and American Jews As scholar-turned-diplomat Michael Oren settles into his job as Israel's ambassador to Washington, he's had to refute claims that his boss called top Obama aides "self-hating Jews" and make the case for why his government should be reaching out to Jews and non-Jews on the left. Read more » Op-Ed: GOP must repudiate Limbaugh or be defined by him By tolerating and encouraging Rush Limbaugh's inflammatory, offensive and vitriol-laced radio broadcasts, Republican leaders are fomenting racial and ethnic hatred that could have disastrous consequences for America, Menachem Rosensaft writes. Read more » Op-Ed: Mr. President, time to 'recalibrate' on Middle East The president of the Orthodox Union suggests that instead of exerting pressure almost exclusively on Israel, President Obama must make it abundantly clear to the Arab world that the opportunity for peace rests clearly on its shoulders. Read more » Editors' Picks Orly Taitz: Midwife to the 'Birther' movement Ha'aretz profiles the woman behind the conspiracy alleging that President Obama wasn't born in the United States and therefore is ineligible to be president. But if you're looking for context, you're better off watching a new YouTube parody. (Check out the first two items on JTA's politics blog). All Rahm, all the time Is Rahm Emanuel the most powerful chief of staff in U.S. history or just the Antichrist? Hillary Clinton does not trust the mullahs In a Wall Street Journal editorial page interview, the U.S. secretary of state sounds skeptical about the Iranians meeting the standards that would avoid expanded sanctions. Sarid: Nothing in Israel to be proud of anymore Yossi Sarid, the former Knesset member, writes in Ha'aretz that the violence overtaking Israel makes the country look like Chicago of yesteryear. What about the Egyptian people? When President Obama meets with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in Washington this week, Obama should not forget about speaking up for the 83 million Egyptian citizens who have no guarantee of basic human rights, the editor of the Arab Reform Bulletin writes in The Washington Post.