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For some U.S. Jews, recession is catalyst for aliyah

North American immigrants wave as they arrive in Israel on a Nefesh B'Nefesh flight from New York, July 7, 2009. (Sasson Tiram)

The economic downturn in the United States has prompted some Jewish families to accelerate their plans to immigrate to Israel. Read more »

Limbaugh slammed for comparing Democrats to Nazis

Rush Limbaugh's remarks comparing Democrats to Nazis drew swift condemnation from many corners of the Jewish community -- and also sparked a fight between Jewish Democrats and Republicans over which side isn't doing enough to stop the use of such analogies. Read more » Editors' Picks Two-state solution (not final) Hussein Agha and Robert Malley argue in The New York Times that reaching an agreement on a two-state solution will not be enough to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. What would bubbe say? Writing at the American Thinker, Harold Witkov explains that his late grandmother would not have been a fan of President Obama's proposed health care reforms. Bootlegging rabbis Writing in the Forward, Jonathan Sarna reminds us that the recent headlines about rabbis are nothing new. Send him home Russian Jewish activists in Boston call for Israeli diplomat Nadav Tamir to be recalled as Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman suggests that the diplomat resign. Today I am a philanthropist A 13-year-old from New York has decided to give $40,000 he received from his parents for his bar mitzvah to the children of Sderot, Ha'aretz reports. Breaking News A former Nazi lieutenant was sentenced to life in prison for ordering the murder of Italian civilians in June 1944. Hungary's prime minister is working to block a neo-Nazi rally in memory of Hitler's deputy. Seven Israeli human rights groups wrote to President Obama supporting the choice of Mary Robinson as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Seventy-one U.S. senators signed an AIPAC-backed letter to President Obama supporting his effort to encourage Arab states to normalize relations with Israel. The deaths of three members of a close-knit family in a mid-air collision over the Hudson River is a "real heartbreak," a family member told local media. Rabbis and kabbalists prayed during a special flight over Israel whose purpose was to contain the swine flu pandemic. Israel's attorney general closed another corruption case against former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert due to lack of evidence. Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison, was among those elected to the Palestinian Fatah Party's new leadership. The Democratic Committee of a New Jersey township has requested that an annual festival be rescheduled to avoid conflict with Rosh Hashanah. Chabad-Lubavitch will open its first outreach center in Cambodia. A Jewish civil rights group expressed concern over reports that Jordanian authorities are confiscating religious items from Jewish tourists. Australian Jewish leaders are roiled over the awarding of the country's only international peace prize to a staunch critic of Israel. Recently installed signs pointing the way to Jewish cemeteries in two Polish towns were stolen. The chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces criticized an army magazine for a series on gay military officers. Prominent Australian sportsman Michael Wrublewski threw himself a farewell party after being told he has just months to live. Israel warned its citizens to leave the Sinai Peninsula.