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Featured Stories Eat fresh, eat kosher: Subway the largest U.S. kosher restaurant chain Customers lined up at the Subway inside the Jewish Community Center in Cleveland, Ohio, the only Kosher one in the world when it opened in 2006. (Courtesy Doctor\'s Associates) What’s the largest kosher restaurant chain? The dark-horse winner is Subway, the made-to-order sandwich giant poised to open its ninth kosher franchise Aug. 18 inside a North Miami Beach JCC. And more are on the way. Read more » Women taking reins of Jewish communal life in Europe Jewish women in Europe increasingly are taking leading roles in Jewish communal life. Read more » Eat fresh, eat kosher: Subway the largest U.S. kosher restaurant chain Customers lined up at the Subway inside the Jewish Community Center in Cleveland, Ohio, the only Kosher one in the world when it opened in 2006. (Courtesy Doctor\'s Associates) What’s the largest kosher restaurant chain? The dark-horse winner is Subway, the made-to-order sandwich giant poised to open its ninth kosher franchise Aug. 18 inside a North Miami Beach JCC. And more are on the way. Read more » Women taking reins of Jewish communal life in Europe Jewish women in Europe increasingly are taking leading roles in Jewish communal life. Read more » DHL gets fined for violating Iran embargo DHL, the international shipping company, will pay a $9.4 million fine for violating U.S. sanctions on shipments to Iran, Sudan and Syria. Read more » Editors' Picks Women of the IDF Current TV takes a look at the woman who defend the Jewish state. It could have been worse Jerusalem Post editor David Horovitz writes that the Iranian regime's response to the elections brouhaha demonstrates the regime's basic weakness and will make it easier to persuade the Europeans to get on board with tougher measures to contain Iran's nuclear program. Mugged by reality? Is Roger Cohen a liberal mugged by reality? asks blogger Jordan Hirsch. Jewish, American and a writer -- so what? Adam Langer of Tablet parodies the exchange between a Jewish reporter and her American Jewish writer subject. Breaking News Iran won't have the capacity to produce highly enriched uranium until 2013 and has yet to decide to produce a bomb, according to U.S. intelligence. The Democratic Party called on the top Republican Jewish lawmaker to repudiate Rush Limbaugh after the radio host likened Democrats to Nazis. Hamas fired two rockets into the sea near Gaza in what is being described as a test for an upgraded version of the Kassam rocket. An attorney for accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk asked for a dismissal. Israel, which suffered its fifth swine flu death on Friday, plans to offier a vaccine for the disease to the public by January 2010. Israel is experiencing a sharp escalation of tensions with Lebanon, according to reports. Activists in Argentina are demanding the ouster of Buenos Aires' police chief, who was alleged to have concealed evidence in the AMIA bombing. Israel's ambassador to Ukraine met with Ukraine's deputy foreign minister and discussed possible visits by Israeli leaders. The highest-ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee will travel to Israel next week. An El Al plane made an emergency landing in Turkey after one of its engines malfunctioned. Jewish groups congratulated Sonia Sotomayor on her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. A school in the West Bank settlement of Emmanuel has been ordered to cease segregating between Sephardic and Ashkenazi pupils. The House Minority Whip criticized President Obama's Middle East policy during a congressional mission to Israel.